KENNEDY: USA! WE.
WE’RE GETTING INTO OUR BIG
WORLD CUP WIN OVER IRAN.
BUT FIRST, U.S. IS NOT IRAN,
THANK GOD.
WHY IS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO
SENSOR AMERICANS?
WHITE HOUSE NOT TOO THRILLED
WITH TWITTER’S NEW OWNER
ELON MUSK, WHO CARES.
GO TAKE A NAP.
BIG BROTHER BIDEN IS USED TO
COLLUDING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
GIANTS TO SENSOR AMERICANS
AND TECH COMPANIES SO
AMERICANS CAN’T SEE WHAT
WHITE HOUSE DEEMS TO BE
MISINFORMATION.
ELON IS TRYING TO DO
OPPOSITE WITH TWITTER, BY
STICKING TO HIS FREE SPEECH.
THE PRESS SECRETARY IS
WARNING.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE’RE
KEEPING AN EYE ON.
AND LOOK, WE -- YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLEAR
AND 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 HATE WE’RE SEEING,
THAT THEY TAKE ACTION, THEY
CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION.
AGAIN WE’RE ALL KEEPING A
CLOSE A EYE.
KENNEDY: CLOSE EYE?
ARE THEY REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MISINFORMATION OR WHAT
ABOUT MISINFORMATION OR WHAT
MUSSO & FRANK,MUSS ELON MUSK
EXPOSE, YESTERDAY HE TWEETED
OUT.
HE ALSO SAID QUOTE, THIS IS
A BATTLE FOR FUTURE OF
CIVILIZATION, IF FREE SPEECH
IS LOST EVEN IN AMERICAN
TIRANY IS HALL THAT LIES
AHEAD, WILL FREE PEOPLE
PREVAIL, WE GET INTO THIS
WITH PARTY PANEL.
HE IS A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
AT SPECTATOR USA, STEVE
L MILLER.
>> AND DEMOCRAT POLLSTER
GOOD FRIEND DOUGLAS SCHOAN
IT IS THE REASON MAGAZINE
KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.
THE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD GO
THERE WELCOME AND THANK YOU.
I WILL START WITH STEVEN.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS -- HI,
THERE I AM.
WHERE YOU ARE?
COME BACK.
THERE YOU ARE, KITTEN.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
TWITTER USES TO HAVE ACCESS
TO TWITTER FILES?
>> I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE.
AT LEAST WITH -- I DON’T
THINK WE NEED TO KNOW STORY
BEHIND EVERY SINGLE BANNED
ACCOUNT BUT THERE NEEDS TO
BE TRANSPARENCY WITH PEOPLE
BANNED OVER SAY COVID
MISINFORMATION THAT IS NOW
TRUE.
AND CERTAINLY THERE NEEDS TO
BE 100 ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH
"NEW YORK POST" STORY, WHAT
THAT INVOLVED IN TWITTER,
AND HOW THAT DECISION OF
MADE AND WHICH JOURNALISTS
INFLUENCE GOT ON HORN AND
SAID YOU NEED TO STOP THE
STORY FROM SPREADING, NOT
RELATED TO OUTCOME OF 2020
ELECTION, IT IS IMPERATIVE
BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND
I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
BE NAMED.
WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT WAS
GOING ON BEHIND THE WALLS.
KENNEDY: IF IT IS GOING TO
CHANGE, DOUG, DO YOU SHARE
THAT URGENTY, IF THERE WERE
ALGORITHMS IN PLACE TO
SILENCE CERTAIN ACCOUNTS,
AND TO SHADOW BAN, SO WHEN
ACCOUNTS WERE ACTIVE WERE
TWEETING THINGS OUT,
FOLLOWERS COULD NOT SEE.
THOSE TWEETS, THEY COULD NOT
NOT ACCESS THAT.
DO YOU SHARE THE URGENCY
THAT IS PARAMOUNT TO SHOW
THE WORLD.
>> I DO.
I AM A DEMOCRAT BUT OLD
SCHOOL DEMOCRAT WHO BELIEVES
IN FREE AND ROBUST DEBATE.
THERE IS SOME SPEECH, HATE
SPEECH AND THAT WHICH
INSIGHTSINSIDES VIOLENCE.
BUT THE KEY WORD YOU USE, IS
TRANSPARENCY.
I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW, I
THINK STEVEN IS RIGHT, I
THOUGHT THE WAY HE PUT IT
WAS RIGHT.
AND I THINK OUR DEMOCRACY
DEPENDS ON IT.
KENNEDY: ALL RIGHT ALISSA MO
MA LANE -- WAS GOING TO SELL
HER TESLA.
AND ELON’S TWITTER DOES NOT
KNOW WHAT IT WANTS TO BE,
WHY IS IS IT MAKING PEOPLE
CRAZY?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT BILLIONAIRES THAT
DRIVING PEOPLE INSANE, MUSK
MAY BE FIRST AMONG THEM, I
WANT TO LOVE THAT MAN.
I THINK TESLA IS INCREDIBLE,
I THINK STACIC SPACEX IS
MORE INCREDIBLE.
I DON’T THINK HE IS QUITE
DOING THINGS RIGHT AT
TWITTER.
I DON’T THINK THAT TWITTER
OWES AN TRANSPARENCY, I
THINK OUR POLITICIANS OWE US
PRANTRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT PRESSURE WAS PUT
ON TWITTER BY THE WHITE
HOUSE, TWITTER WITH BAN
ANYONE THEY WANT, I MIGHT
NOT AGREE, THAT IS WELL
WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS, WHAT IS
NOT ACQUISITION IS OKAY IS A
QUIET CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS
FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF
COMPANIES AND THEIR USERS,
WHITE HOUSE SAID IT HAS ALL
BUT BEEN DOING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF
THERE WAS A COLLUSION WITH
WHITE HOUSE OR OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENTS OVER
BANNING "NEW YORK POST" AND
DISABLES THEIR ACCOUNT SO
PEOPLE COULD NOT RETREAT AND
NOT RETWEET AND SHARE
STORIES ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN
LAPTOP, DID JOE BIDEN HAD
HIS HAND ON THE SCALE IN ANY
SENSE.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS NOT THE
MARKETPLACE THAT WE HAVE TO
FEAR, NOT THAT THERE ARE
DUMB-DUMBS SAYING DUMB
THINGS IN ETHER BUT THE
MASSIVE COMPANIES RUN BY
VERY RICH PEOPLE ARE
COLLUDING WITH A GOVERNMENT
THAT IS WAY TOO POWERFUL AND
TOO INTRUSIVE AND TOO BIG,
IF THEY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER, THEN YES, WE ARE
IN VERY DEEP YOGURT, IF ELON
MUSK CAN SHED LIGHT ON THAT
AND SCARE THE BEJEWS US