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>> Ainsley: ELON MUSK IS VOWING
TO EXPOSE TWITTER’S HISTORY OF
CENSORSHIP.
THE TWITTER FILES ON FREE SPEECH
SUPPRESSION SOON-TO-BE PUBLISHED
ON TWITTER ITSELF.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED.
>> Steve: AND A LOT OF CRITICS,
INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE, NOT
TOO HAPPY WITH MR. MUSK.
>> WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY
CLEAR, UM, 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
THE HATE THAT WE ARE SEEING,
THAT THEY TAKE ACTION, AGAIN, WE
ARE ALL KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON.
THIS WE ALL ARE MONITORING
WHAT’S CURRENTLY OCCURRING.
>> Brian: "FOX & FRIENDS
WEEKEND" CO-HOST WILL CAIN.
WILL, WHY IS EVERYONE SO UPSET
THAT ELON MUSK IS GOING TO BE SO
TRANSPARENT?
>> THAT’S GREAT QUESTION, BRIAN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEEP AMERICAN
CULTURAL PRINCIPLE TO BELIEVE IN
FREE SPEECH.
LISTENING TO KARINE JEAN-PIERRE
RIGHT THERE.
WE COULD SAY FIRST OF ALL,
THAT’S MORE THAN DISAPPOINTING.
THAT’S DANGEROUS.
FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION IS THERE TO
PROTECT US FROM GOVERNMENT
CENSORSHIP.
NOW, WE’RE YET TO FIND OUT AND
HOPEFULLY ELON MUSK WILL HELP US
KNOW WHAT ROLE THE GOVERNMENT
PLAYED IN CONDUCTING THIS REGIME
OF CENSORSHIP ON BIG TECH.
BUFF, BEYOND THAT BRIAN, I’M
CONCERNED, AS YOU SAID, SOME
PEOPLE, I MEAN, SHOCKINGLY,
JOURNALISTS HAVE EMBRACED THE
IDEA OF CENSORSHIP.
IT’S ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING
THINGS ABOUT MODERN AMERICAN
CULTURE WE HAVE DISTANCED
OURSELVES, WE HAVE WALKED AWAY
FROM ONE OF OUR FOUNDING VALUES,
CAN YOUCURLY.
EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO
INVOLVEMENT WHY ARE WE SO
WILLING TO SHUT EACH OTHER UP.
THE REST OF THE WORLD DOES THAT
THE REST OF THE WORLD DOESN’T
CARE ABOUT FREE SPEECH THE WAY
THAT WE DO IN AMERICA.
WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA?
>> Ainsley: IT IS A SLIPPERY
SLOPE.
WE ARE SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN CHINA.
STATE MEDIA WON’T EVEN REPORT ON
THE RIOT.
>> Brian: IRAN. >> Ainsley: IRAN, TOO.
>> Ainsley: IRAN, TOO.
WE HAD A LADY ON FROM MAO’S
REVOLUTION IT COULD HAPPEN IN
AMERICA.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
>> Will: WE KNOW IT’S ALREADY
HAPPENED, AINSLEY, TO SOME
EXTENT.
THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
THAT ELON MUSK REVEAL WHAT IS HE
CALLING THE TWITTER FILES.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE PAST.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW OUR MINDS
ARE MANIPULATED WHO WAS TURNED
UP AND DOWN AND OFF.
I THINK IT IS AS HE SAYS
IMPORTANT TO RESTORING PUBLIC
TRUST.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
IN OUR PAST EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT
NOW TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR PRESENT.
SUSPECTS NOT JUST TWITTER.
AND THIS CULTURAL AN TAG DONE
NISM TOWARDS FREE SPEECH IS
REVEALED IN A WAY APPLE HAS
RESPONDED TO ELON MUSK, IT MAKES
DID YOU GO OKAY, WHAT IS APPLE
DOING?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON PODCAST
PLATFORM?
WHO ARE THEY TURNING DOWN AND
TURNING UP?
HOW ABOUT GOOGLE?
DOES ANYBODY, THE FOUR OF US,
DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THAT GOOGLE
SEARCH RESULTS AREN’T RUN
THROUGH SOME TYPE OF
MISINFORMATION FILTER?
I DON’T.
I MEAN, I AM 100 PERCENT
CONFIDENT THAT GOOGLE IS TURNING
UP WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT AND
TURNING DOWN WHAT THEY THINK IS
WRONG.
AND SO IT’S WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR PRESENT.
NOT JUST ON TWITTER BUT
THROUGHOUT BIG TECH.
>> Steve: SURE.
FIRST OF ALL, TWITTER IS A
PRIVATE COMPANY, THEY CAN DO
ANYTHING THEY WANT.
AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT
APPLY TO A PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT
HERE’S THE THING.
WHAT ELON MUSK PROBABLY WILL
REVEAL IS THAT PEOPLE, PERHAPS,
ALIGN WITH JOE BIDEN WHEN HE WAS
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT SOMEHOW
COORDINATED THE MESSAGE WITH
TWITTER.
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE.
THE BIG QUESTION IS ONCE THAT’S
REVEALED ON TWITTER, WILL, WHO
IS GOING TO COVER IT, OTHER THAN
US?
>> TWITTER.
IT’S GOING TO BE REVEALED ON
TWITTER.
AND ON FOX NEWS.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
STEVE, EVERYONE WILL
SELF-CENSOR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO
ASSUME IT’S SELF-CENSOR.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
LOOK, I APPRECIATE YOU
HIGHLIGHTING THE DEFINITION AND
THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST
AMENDMENT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST
GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSION AND
CENSORSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE WILL
SEE IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID
PLAY A ROLE IN AT LEAST HIGHLY
ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, I DON’T
KNOW IF WE ARE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE CARROT BUT THE STICK
AS WELL.
CENSORSHIP AND PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE.
BUT, STEVE, I DON’T WANT -- I DO
NOT THINK WE SHOULD JUST SWEEP
UNDER THE RUG THE IDEA THAT
BECAUSE YOU ARE A PRIVATE
BUSINESS YOU CAN EMBRACE
CENSORSHIP.
I THINK IT’S EQUALLY CONCERNING
THAT PRIVATE BUSINESSES BELIEVE
SO HEAVILY NOW IN CENSORSHIP.
I MEAN, JUST CURLY, ONCE AGAIN.
COLLEGE STUDENTS COME OUT TODAY
NOT BELIEVING IN FREE SPEECH.
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THEY DON’T
HAVE TO WIN THE BATTLE OF IDEAS.
THEY NEED TO SHUT UP THEIR
OPPONENT.
I’M AS CONCERNED, MAYBE NOT --
MAYBE GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP HERE