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>> Jeanine: BIG BROTHER
BIDEN IS BACK WITH A
VENGEANCE.
THE CENSORSHIP HAPPY CREW
AT THE WHITE HOUSE AREN’T
THRILLED WITH TWITTER’S
NEW OWNER ELON MUSK,
THEY’RE USED TO COLLUDING
WITH BIG TECH TO CENSOR
AMERICANS.
BUT THE WORLD’S RICHEST
MAN ACTUALLY STICKS TO HIS
FREE SPEECH PRINCIPALS.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS THIS
WARNING.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE’RE CERTAINLY KEEPING AN
EYE ON AND LOOK, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY
CLEAR THAT WHEN IT COMES
TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS,
IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT
COMES TO MISINFORMATION,
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HATE
WE’RE SEEING, THAT THEY
TAKE ACTION, THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION.
AGAIN, WE’RE ALL KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THIS.
>> Jeanine: HERE’S WHY THE
WHITE HOUSE IS SO WORRIED.
ELON MUSK SAYS HE IS
PREPARING TO RELEASE
SENSITIVE TWITTER FILES ON
FREE SPEECH SUPPRESSION.
MUSK CALLING THE THREAT
FROM BIDEN’S GOONS MESSED
UP AND ALSO TWEETING THIS.
THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE
FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION, IF
FREE SPEECH IS LOST, EVEN
IN AMERICA, TYRANNY IS ALL
THAT LIES AHEAD.
AND TOP REPUBLICAN LEADER
KEVIN McCARTHY THINKS
ELON’S CRITICS NEED TO
BACK OFF.
>> THAT IS OFFENSIVE TO
ME.
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GO
AFTER SOMEONE THAT WANTS
TO HAVE FREE SPEECH?
WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO LOOK
AT TWITTER ABOUT?
DO THEY WANT TO GO MORE
AFTER THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WHETHER THEY CAN HAVE AN
OPINION ON SOMETHING?
I THINK THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC HAVE SPOKEN ON
THIS.
I THINK THE FIRST
AMENDMENT STANDS UP AND I
THINK THEY SHOULD STOP
PICKING ON ELON MUSK.
>> Jeanine: OKAY.
DANA, WE’RE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON TWITTER.
DOES IT GET ANY MORE BIG
BROTHER THAN THAT.
>> Dana: I WROTE DOWN THAT
THE WHITE HOUSE NEEDS TO
TAKE A STEP BACK.
WE KNOW ONE THING FOR
SURE, THEY KEEP A VERY
CLOSE EYE ON TWITTER, THEY
MAKE THEIR POLICIES BASED
ON WHAT THEY SEE IN
TWITTER, AND REACT
CONSTANTLY, CHIEF OF STAFF
RETWEETING EVERYTHING ON
TWITTER.
THAT’S THEIR ISSUE.
BUT THERE’S ANOTHER THING
THAT HAPPENED TODAY.
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCES THIS,
THERE’S POSSIBLY GOING TO
BE TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE
CENSORSHIP.
AT THE SAME TIME, GOOGLE
AND YOUTUBE ANNOUNCED A
NEW FACT CHECKING GLOBAL
OPERATION.
THEY’LL HAVE $13 MILLION
FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH
POINTER INSTITUTE,
NATIONAL FACT CHECKING
NETWORK, TO PROMOTE MORE
ACCURATE INFORMATION
ONLINE.
MAYBE IT WILL BE GREAT.
BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT
YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVE SITES SAY
WAIT, WE CAN’T EVEN GET ON
THE GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS.
EVERYBODY IS AFRAID
SOMETHING ELSE IS
HAPPENING ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
I THINK MORE TRANSPARENCY
IS GREAT, IF THAT’S GOING
TO ENGENDER TRUST AND MORE
FREE SPEECH, THAT’S REALLY
GOOD.
THE WHITE HOUSE DON’T NEED
TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT,
THAT’S THE PROBLEM IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
WE HAVE ONE ISSUE ON COVID
WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE,
FORMER EMPLOYEES HAVE TO
GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT
WHETHER THEY WERE TALKING
TO THE BIG TECH COMPANIES
TO HAVE THEM CENSOR THINGS
ON COVID.
IT IS COMING BACK TO BITE
THEM.
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW,
GREG, DOES ANYTHING GET
MORE FASCIST THAN
TERMINATION OF FREE
SPEECH?
>> Greg: I CAN THINK OF
THINGS BUT THAT’S FOR
ANOTHER TIME.
THEY PAY ATTENTION TO
TWITTER SO MUCH THAT
THEY’RE TAKING IT SO HARD
BECAUSE THEY FEAR THEY’RE
GOING TO LOSE THEIR
CRUTCH.
THEIR NEWS AND OPINIONS
ARE CREATED BY TWITTER
TRENDS, CREATED BY A LOUD
MINORITY OF TIME WASTING
SHUT-INS.
AND THAT DICTATES THEIR
OPINIONS.
IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE TO
THINK, TWITTER WOULD DO
THAT FOR YOU.
NOW WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS
UNORIGINAL THOUGHTS MAY GO
AWAY, AND WHERE ARE THEY
GOING TO, RIGHT?
YOU NOTICE IF YOU’RE ON
TWITTER, YOU NOTICE IT IS
A LOT MORE FUN LATELY.
SEEMS LIKE THE ANGRIEST
PEOPLE MIGRATED TO
MASTODON, LEFTWING VERSION
OF TWITTER, AND THEY’RE
CENSORING AND BANNING EACH
OTHER.
THEY TOOK THEIR OWN WEIRD
PRACTICES WITH THEM.
WHAT’S LEFT ON TWITTER IS
MORE OF A FREEING AND YES,
MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THERE THAT’S
DISAGREEABLE, BUT THAT’S
PART OF SPEECH.
THIS IS MY LAST POINT.
THE REASON WHY I THINK THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA
DON’T LIKE SOMEBODY WHO’S
WIDENING THE LANES OF FREE
SPEECH IS BECAUSE THEY
DEFINE DISAGREEABLENESS AS
HATE SPEECH, AND HATE
SPEECH AS CRIME.
THEREFORE, DISAGREEABLE
SPEECH WHEN IT’S ON
TWITTER MAKES FREE SPEECH
A CRIME.
RIGHT?
FREE SPEECH ALLOWS FOR
DISAGREEABLE SPEECH, YOU
CALL IT HATE SPEECH, THEN
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS IN
DANGER OF BEING CALLED
HATE SPEECH.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR
YEARS.
WE SAID THIS IS WHERE IT
WAS GOING.
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW,
BEZOS IS THREATENING,
APPLE THREATENING TO BLOCK
TWITTER FROM THE APP
STORE.
WHAT’S THAT ABOUT.
>> Jesse: APPLE WON’T DO
BUSINESS WITH TWITTER BUT
WILL DO BUSINESS WITH THE
COMMUNIST CHINESE?
TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT
APPLE.
I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN
TWITTER.
I NOTICED LESS
DISINFORMATION, LESS HATE,
AND LESS LIBERALS ON
TWITTER.
I WONDER IF THAT’S A
COINCIDENCE.
I AGREE WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE ON TWO THINGS.
ONE, YOU CAN’T ALLOW
FOREIGN BOT ARMIES TO COME
IN AND FIGHT INFORMATION
WARFARE AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES.
NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.
MUSK HAS THAT UNDER
CONTROL.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T
BAN AMERICAN FREE SPEECH
IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING
FOREIGN INFORMATION, AND
THAT’S TYRANNICAL.
IF I WAS RUNNING TWITTER,
I WOULDN’T WANT LOTS OF
PEOPLE SAYING KILL WHITES,
KILL COPS, KILL BLACKS,
YOU DON’T WANT THAT ON
YOUR PRIVATE PLATFORM, SO
YOU HAVE TO SUPPRESS THAT
KIND OF SPEECH.
TO USE AN ANALOGY BASED
OFF THE WORLD CUP, THE
WHITE HOUSE IS LIKE A
SOCCER PLAYER THAT FLOPS.
YOU SAY ONE CRITICAL
THING, AND OH, THEY’RE
TWISTING AND SAYING YOU’RE
PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER.
THIS IS A DEATH THREAT.
NO.
I JUST BARELY TICKLED YOU.
THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE TRYING
TO DO WITH HATE SPEECH.
ANYTHING CRITICAL, HATE
SPEECH, WE ARE ALL GOING
TO DIE.
THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE HIM
TOXIC AND LAUNCH BOYCOTTS.
HE HAS THE MORAL HIGH
GROUND BECAUSE FREE SPEECH
IS ABOVE ALL THAT.
HE IS WINNING THE PR WAR
BECAUSE HE’S FUNNY.
THAT’S HIS GREATEST ASSET,
HE IS RID EULOGYICULEING THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND THEY
LOOK SENSITIVE AND SQUARE.
HE IS ENJOYING HIMSELF IN
THAT FIGHT.
AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE SEE
AND IT IS ENDEARING.
>> Jeanine: JESSICA,
TWITTER IS A PRIVATE
COMPANY.
WHERE DOES THE GOVERNMENT
GET OFF SAYING WE’RE GOING
TO MONITOR THIS AND WE’RE
GOING TO WATCH IT AND JUST
FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE
PERSPECTIVE, YOU
INVESTIGATE CRIMES, YOU
DON’T INVESTIGATE PEOPLE
AND COMPANIES.
WHAT IS THE CRIME SO FAR?
>> Jessica: THAT’S WHY
WE’RE ONLY KEEPING AN EYE
ON THE SITUATION.
>> Jeanine: OH.
>> Jessica: BUT THERE IS A
LONG HISTORY OF TECH
COMPANIES WORKING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE
DANGEROUS THINGS DON’T
HAPPEN, AND THAT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE COVID-19
MISINFORMATION POLICY
STARTED UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS IN EARLY 2020 WHEN
THERE WAS TONS OF BAD
INFORMATION FLOATING
AROUND AND TRUMP OFFICIALS
WORKED WITH TWITTER, THEN
BIDEN TOOK OVER AND BIDEN
OFFICIALS WORKED WITH
TWITTER.
SAME WITH YOUTUBE.
>> Jesse: HE IS NOT A
TRUMP OFFICIAL, HE HAS
BEEN THERE 80,000 YEARS.
>> Jessica: WHATEVER.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT FAUCI
SERVED IN EIGHT
ADMINISTRATIONS, ONE WAS
DONALD TRUMP’S AND BIDEN,
AND WORKED FOR ALL OF
THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE.
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT ELON
MUSK IS WINNING THE PR
BATTLE, AT THE RATE HE IS
LOSING ADVERTISERS, HE IS
NOT WINNING ANYTHING.
HE NEEDS TO BE PROFITABLE.
THAT WAS HIS GOAL TAKING
OVER THIS.
HE THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE
IT BETTER AND MAKE IT
PRODUCE MORE MONEY.
>> Greg: ADVERTISING MODEL
IS A CHALLENGE DEALING
WITH USERS, SUBSCRIBERS,
VIEWERS.
THAT’S TRUE, BUT HE’S
GETTING WAY MORE USERS
THAN HE EVER HAD.
>> Jessica: SURE.
>> Greg: SO YOU GO FOR A
PAY MODEL, THAT’S WHAT A
LOT OF SUCCESSFUL
COMPANIES DO, JESSICA.
STAY AFTER CLASS.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE ECONOMICS OF TWITTER.
>> Jessica: I CAN’T WAIT.
BUT I HAVE TO BE
SOMEWHERE.
THE WHOLE MASS TO DONE
THING IS FUNNY.
ALL OF THOSE POSTING, IF
IT BECOMES UNSAFE HERE,
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND
ME.
IT IS NOT THAT SERIOUS.
TWITTER IS THE ONLY SOCIAL
MEDIA I HAVE.
I ENJOY IT.
IF I DO SCROLLING, I DO IT
ON TWITTER.
IF IT WENT AWAY, IN ABOUT
A WEEK WE WOULD ALL BE
OKAY.
ITS MAIN FUNCTION IS TO
GET YOU UP TO DATE NEWS
INFORMATION, AT LEAST FOR
PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE
BUSINESS WE DO AND PEOPLE
WE INTERACT WITH ON
TWITTER.
>> Greg: REPLACE DRUDGE,
BEFORE TWITTER, YOU LOOKED
TO DRUDGE.
>> Jessica: NOT SO MUCH
FOR MY PEOPLE, BUT YEAH.
>> Greg: ARE YOU HANGING
OUT WITH KANYE AGAIN?
>> Jessica: DO NOT EVEN, I
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED, I
KNOW KANYE WAS ONLY
SUSPENDED A COUPLE WEEKS
BECAUSE OF AN ANTI-SEMITIC
TWEET, INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW FAR MUSK WILL GO IN
TERMS OF RESTORING
ACCOUNTS TO PEOPLE THAT
WERE REPUGNANT.
I AM SURE HE WON’T BRING
BACK ALEX JONES.
>> Jeanine: REPUBLICAN
VERSUS ANOTHER STANDARD.
HATE SPEECH IS PROTECTED
BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND