MAINSTREAM.
NEIL: THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
MORE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE THESE
DAYS FOR FACEBOOK IS ITS EFFORTS
TO BAN WHAT IT CALLS HATE SPEECH
OR THE LIKES OF LOUIS FARRAKHAN,
ALEX JONES AS A HOST OF OTHERS.
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY SAYS THAT
FACEBOOK SHOULD TAKE SOME CLOSER
STEPS TOWARD -- TAKE A CLOSER
STEP TOWARDS CENSORSHIP HERE.
THIS ISN'T JUST POLICING WHAT'S
IMPOLITIC.
YOU ARGUE THEY ARE GOING TOO
FAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY ARE NOT JUST BANNING
SPECIFIC COMMENTS OR REMARKS
THAT ARE HURTFUL OR VIOLATE
THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY BANNING PEOPLE
AND MAINLY THEY ARE BANNING
PEOPLE IN THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT
YESTERDAY FOR WHO THEY ASSOCIATE
WITH.
THAT'S THE REALLY SCARY PART, IS
ACTUALLY, ONLY LOUIS FARRAKHAN
WAS BANNED FOR THINGS THAT HE
ACTUALLY SAID.
THE OTHERS WERE BANNED FOR
PEOPLE THEY ASSOCIATE WITH WHO
ARE ALREADY PEOPLE WHO FACEBOOK
DOESN'T LIKE.
ON TOP OF THAT, THE NEW RULE
SAYS IF YOU, A REGULAR USER WHO
IS NOT ON THAT LIST OF BANNED
PEOPLE,
A HUGE CHILLING EFFECT.
THE POCK KRAES CONCERNS A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES.
MANY ACCOUNTS THAT HATE JEWS ARE
THERE BUT IT SEEMS THE BULK OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING BANNED AND
DE-PERSONED FROM THESE PLATFORMS
ARE PEOPLE WITH CONSERVATIVE
VIEWS.
NEIL: WHAT I WORRY ABOUT,
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL VIEWS,
DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, IF IT
BRINGS OUT THE NUTS, THAT'S WHAT
THESE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
FACEBOOK ARE SAYING, IT BRINGS
OUT THE NUTS, YOU DON'T WANT TO
BRING OUT THE NUTS, YOU WANT TO
CONTAIN THE CRAZIES, BUT I WORRY
ABOUT WHO IS DECIDING WHO'S
CRAZY?
SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAVE VIEWS THAT
ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS, AM I
CRAZY AND YOU ARE GOING TO BAN
ME AND VICE VERSA?
THAT'S A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE TERMS
OF SERVICE THAT FACEBOOK HAS
WHICH ARE A CONTRACT BETWEEN ITS
USERS AND ITSELF DO NOT SPECIFY
ANY OF THESE REASONS.
IT DOES NOT SAY IN THERE IF YOU
ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE WHO WE
DON'T LIKE OR FIND TB I
DON'T LIKE OR FIND TO I
DON'T LIKE OR FIND TO BE ICKY,
WE CAN BAN YOU.
WITH REGARD TO YOUR EARLIER
SEGMENT ON CRYPTO CURRENCY, NOW
WE WILL BE HAVING SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES PUT OUT FORMS OF
CURRENCY, WE ARE BANNING SOME
PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO USE
THOSE?
THAT HAS VERY TROUBLING CIVIL