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>> ARE YOU CONCERNED, A, ABOUT
THE RETALIATION, AND B, ARE YOU
SEEING EVIDENCE OF IT ALREADY?
>> GOVERNMENT IS SLOW TO ACT.
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ACTIONS
AND IT WILL HAPPEN SLOWLY.
IT HAS ONLY BEEN A MONTH SO FAR.
PROBABLY A FEW NEFARIOUS THINGS
ARE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO ASSUME
THERE ARE NO NEFARIOUS THINGS.
WE’LL EXPOSE THEM ON TWITTER TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WILL: HE WENT ON TO SAY IF I
KILL MYSELF IT IS NOT REAL.
ELON DID NOT KILL HIMSELF.
ELON MUSK TELLING OUR NEXT GUEST
LAST NIGHT IN A TWITTER SPACE HE
DEFINITELY EXPECTS SOME
GOVERNMENT PUSHBACK AS HE
EXPOSES TWITTER’S HISTORY OF
CENSORSHIP.
JOINING US NOW WITH THE MORE ON
THE Q&A, "JUDICIAL WATCH"
PRESIDENT TOM FITTON.
GREAT TO SEE YOU IN THERE LAST
NIGHT.
GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO
ELON MUSK.
I’M CURIOUS WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN
MIND WHEN YOU ASKED THAT
QUESTION OF ELON?
>> I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I SAW
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHORTLY AFTER
THE ELECTION IN HIS CELEBRATORY
NEWS CONFERENCE TALK ABOUT
WANTING A NATIONAL SECURITY
REVIEW OF ELON MUSK.
OF COURSE YOU HAD A SERIES OF
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS ALSO
CRITICIZE THEM.
ONE HAS TO WONDER WHETHER HE
WILL BE TARGET THE WAY TRUMP AND
OTHERS HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
WHICH AS WE ALSO KNOW HAS VERY
MUCH AN INTEREST, KEEN INTEREST
IN HAVING CENSORSHIP ONLINE CON
THEY’RE DEVOTED TO QUOTE,
POLICING MISINFORMATION.
WHEN ANYONE HEARS THAT, THAT
TRANSLATES INTO CENSORSHIP OF
AMERICANS.
ONE OF THE OTHER INTERESTING
THINGS HE MENTIONED YESTERDAY
WAS HE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO
THE PORTAL THAT TWITTER HAS SET
UP FOR FRIENDS INCLUDING BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AGENCIES TO TRY
TO CENSOR AMERICANS.
WOULD I BE INTERESTED TO SEE
WHAT ELSE WILL COME OUT FROM THE
TWITTER FILES IN THAT REGARD.
WILL: YEAH.
HE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THEY
ALMOST TALKED ABOUT IT LIKE A
BACKDOOR THAT GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES COULD COME INTO
ESSENTIALLY THE INEVERY WORKINGS
OF TWITTER, AVAIL THEMSELVES OF
CENSORSHIP TOOLS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT, TOM.
I’M INTERESTED IN WHERE THIS
WENT TO OTHER TECH COMPANIES AND
WHAT OTHER TOPICS.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ELON’S
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, TOM?
I MEAN HE SAID I BELIEVE HE SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT, I HAVE GOOD
SECURITY.
HE MADE THE JOKE ABOUT I’M NOT
GOING TO KILL MYSELF.
IF THAT HAPPENS IT IS NOT REAL.
HE ALSO SAYS THERE IS A FEW
INTERESTINGLY TO YOU, TOM, HE
SAID THERE ARE FEW NEFARIOUS
THINGS GOING ON.
HIS ANSWER TO YOU IN PART, THERE
IS ALREADY SOMETHING TAKING
PLACE.
>> WELL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
HAS TALKED ABOUT QUOTE, A
NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW.
TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN
SUGGESTED THAT MIGHT BE IN THE
OFFING AS WELL.
YOU’VE HAD ELIZABETH WARREN YOU
KNOW, GO AFTER HIM ON TAXES.
AND REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, TWITTER
IS NOT HIS ONLY COMPANY.
WILL: RIGHT.
>> SO HE IS PROBABLY SEEING A
HOST OF REGULATORY ACTIONS
AGAINST HIM.
OR AS HE IS SUGGESTING, THEY’RE
BEGINNING TO SNIFF AROUND
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO GO
AFTER HIM WITH.
LOOK, THE LEFT IS DESPERATE TO
PRESERVE THE ONLINE CENSORSHIP
REGIME THAT IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO
INSTALL IN BIG TECH THROUGH
RECENT YEARS AND ELON MUSK IS A,
YOU KNOW, GOES TO THE HEART OF
THAT IN TERMS IT OF OVERTURNING
THE CENSORSHIP AND RESTORING
FREE SPEECH ON THE ONLINE, IN
THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE.
WILL: RIGHT.
>> THEY’RE AFRAID OF IT.
THEY’RE AFRAID OF IT.
BECAUSE THEY DON’T BELIEVE
AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE
SPEECH.
WILL: ONE THING WAS CLEAR LAST
NIGHT I THINK, TOM, THERE HAS
BEEN MANY PEOPLE READY TO WRITE
THE OBITUARY OF TWITTER, IT WAS
ALIVE LAST NIGHT IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWS ACCESS VERY FEW HAVE TO
NOW ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST
POWERFUL MEN.
TOM, GREAT TO HEAR YOU LAST
NIGHT.
GREAT TO TALK TO YOU THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, WILL.