MAKEUP LINE.
THE TOP STORY THIS HALF HOUR,
INTERNET REGULATION, MARK
ZUCKERBERG SPOKE OUT IN A
WASHINGTON POST OP ED THIS
MORNING TITLED THIS, THE
INTERNET NEEDS NEW RULES, LET'S
START IN THESE FOUR AREAS.
THEY ARE ADDRESSING HARMFUL
CONTENT, PROMOTING ELECTION
SECURITY, CALLING FOR GLOBAL
REGULATION AND MORE FREEDOM FOR
DATA PORTABILITY.
HE WRITES THIS BY UPDATING THE
RULES FOR THE INTERNET WE CAN
PRESERVE WHAT'S BEST ABOUT IT,
THE FREEDOM FOR PEOPLE TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND FOR
ENTREPRENEURS TO BUILD NEW
THINGS WHILE ALSO PROTECTING
SOCIETY FROM BROADER HARM.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW, FOX NEWS
SENIOR JUDICIAL ANALYST, JUDGE
ANDREW NAPOLITANO.
>> YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME
LAUGHTER OVER ELON MUSK.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WHAT WILL HE DO
NEXT.
MARIA: I LOVE THE FACT THAT
MARK ZUCKERBERG IS COMING UP
WITH THESE THINGS TO DO, AFTER
HIS COMPANY GOT IT WRONG ON
EVERY TURN.
>> OF COURSE HE WANTS
REGULATION, AFTER HE MADE
BILLIONS DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE
INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYBODY
ELSE.
THE NON-GLOBALIST IN ME SAYS ARE
YOU KIDDING, YOU WANT E.U.
REGULATIONS HERE?
WE HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT.
THEY DON'T IN THE E.U.
DO YOU REALLY WANT SOME
GOVERNMENT BOARD DECIDING WHAT
CONSTITUTES HATE SPEECH OR DO
YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE
THE SPEECH TO TURN IT OFF AND
PEOPLE THAT LIKE IT TO BE ABLE
TO READ IT.
I DON'T SEE THIS HAPPENING.
I THINK IT'S CYNICAL.
BUT THE REALIST IS SUGGESTING
SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOW, THE E.U. HAS SOMETHING
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE AND I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR WHAT MY IDEAL
LOGICAL
EYGICAL
EYEICAL
EYE CAL
EYE COM
PATRIOT THINGS ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT
ALONE, THE RIGHT TO TAKE DOWN
ANYTHING THAT'S POSTED ABOUT
YOU.
>> SOUNDS LIKE MY LAST
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
I'M CYNICAL ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK THAT MARK ZUCKERBERG
IS PLAYING US LIKE A GAME.
I TOTALLY DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF
THIS FROM HIM AND THIS IDEA OF
HARMFUL CONTENT, JUDGE, YOU KNOW
AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU GET TO
DETERMINE WHAT'S HARMFUL
CONTENT, YOU CAN SAY WELL, IF
YOU'RE PRO-LIFE, THAT'S HARMFUL.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN TRADITIONAL
VALUES, THAT'S HARMFUL.
SO THAT IS TOO AMBIGUOUS AND
IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A LOT MORE
TROUBLE.
FACEBOOK IS A FRAUD.
THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED
THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO
COMMUNICATE BECAUSE THEY GET TO
PICK WHO MY FRIENDS ARE.
MARIA: TWITTER DOES IT ALL THE
TIME.
THEY TAKE STUFF DOWN AND --
>> TO YOUR POINT, IT'S HAPPENING
WITH THE MOVIE UNPLANNED,
TWITTER'S FULL OF PEOPLE SAYING
I TRIED TO FOLLOW THIS AND I'M
BEING TAKEN OFF.
>> UNFOLLOWED, UNFOLLOWEDDED.
I MIGHT BE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED.
>> AS OF THIS MOMENT.
>> RIGHT.
BUT WHEN A BUSINESS ASKS THE
GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE, ISN'T
THAT BUSINESS ALMOST ALWAYS
ALREADY THE KING OF THE HILL AND
THEY ALREADY HAVE WHAT THEY
WANT?
>> IT'S SELF PRESERVATION.
>>
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.THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN TE
PIPELINE, WHICH IS MORE
REGULATION.
THEY MAY AS WELL CONTROL WHAT
THEY LOOK AT.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY SMART
BUSINESS PRACTICE.
MARIA: IT WON'T BE AS
AGGRESSIVE AS EUROPE.
>> IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE OF THE
FIRST AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS.
>> IT'S ANTI-COMPETITIVE.
>> THERE ARE 6,000 STARTUPS A
YEAR IN SILICON VALLEY.
SOME OF THOSE STARTUPS WILL
CHALLENGE FACEBOOK.
IF YOU PUT IN REGULATIONS,
COMPANIES HAVE LAWYERS TO DEAL
WITH IT AND STARTUPS WILL NOT.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT ELIZABETH
WARREN, SAYING BREAK UP
FACEBOOK.
MARIA: AND TED CRUZ.
>> BY THE WAY, THIS IS -- WHAT
IS THE GOOD OFFENSE IS THE BEST
DEFENSE OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
THAT'S WHAT MARK ZUCKERBERG IS
UP TO.
MARIA: MOST CONSERVATIVES WILL
SAY YOU WANT COMPETITION TO FIX
THIS PROBLEM.
>> CORRECT.
MARIA: YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO GO
AND COMPETE WITH FACEBOOK.
BUT ARE WE SEEING THAT?
>> NOT ON THAT SCALE.
I MEAN, THE IDEAL WORLD THERE
WOULD BE COMPETITION FOR
FACEBOOK AND YOU WOULD HAVE A
CHOICE.
THERE MUST BE SOME COMPETITION,
IT'S JUST NOT OF THAT ENORMOUS
SIZE.
>> IN THERE WAS.
THERE WAS INSTAGRAM.
THEY BOUGHT UP INSTAGRAM.
THAT'S BEEN THEIR GAME AND THEY
HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
SO IT'S VERY HARD TO CHALLENGE
THIS COMPANY.
>> JUDGE, I THINK THEY FEAR
LITIGATION LIKE MICROSOFT AND
OTHER COMPANIES EXPERIENCED,
AT&T AND OTHERS, BECAUSE THEY
BECAME A MONOPOLY.
SO THEY ENDED UP BEING BROKEN UP
BY LAWSUITS AND I'M JUST
WONDERING IF WHAT'S REALLY GOING
ON HERE IS ZUCKERBERG SAYING
LET'S PREEMPT THE LAWSUIT THAT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
>> COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THE
TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT -- I'M
NOT SUGGESTING THIS SHOULD
HAPPEN -- DECIDES TO FILE
LITIGATION LIKE THE DOJ DID
AGAINST AT&T?
AND BREAK IT UP?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE
LITIGATION.
MARIA: LIKE YOU SAID -- TED
CRUZ SAYS THE COMPANIES HAVE
BECOME TOO POWERFUL.
>> THE UTILITIES BASICALLY LIKE
AT&T.
MARIA: DEVIN NUNES IS SUING
TWITTER, HE'LL COME OUT WITH
ANOTHER FOUR COMPANIES THAT HE'S
SUING.
THIS IS GOING TO TEST THIS WHOLE
IDEA THAT THEY'RE NOT MEDIA
COMPANIES.
>> YES.
MARIA: ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME
OVERSIGHT THAT MEDIA COMPANIES
HAVE.
>> IT WILL ALSO TEST THE FREEDOM
OF SPEECH.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THOUGH I
WOULD HATE IF YOU I WERE
UNFOLLOWED OR IF THEY TOOK MY
IDEAS OFF BECAUSE THEY DISAGREED
WITH ME, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DO THAT.
IT'S BETTER THAT THEY HAVE THE
GOVERNMENT BARR CRATE
GOVERNMENT BURR CRATE
GOVERNMENT BUREACRATE
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCATE
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