AMERICAN COMPANIES BUT IT IS NOT
GREAT FOR CENSORING PEOPLE.
ELIZABETH: LET’S WELCOME
REPRESENTATIVE KEN BUCK.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON.
YOU WERE THERE ASKING QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU CONVINCED WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING THAT THEY DON’T CENSOR
CONSERVATIVES?
BECAUSE NOW WE’RE HEARING THEY
WERE DOING IT IN 2016 AT GOOGLE
TRYING TO DRIVE TRUMP VICTORY
INTO JUST A BLIP?
>> THEY ABSOLUTELY SENSOR
CONSERVATIVES AND PROMOTE ON
WEBSITES LIBERAL VIEWPOINTS AND
THEY ABSOLUTELY AFFECT THE
OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS AND THINK
CAN’T JUST EXCUSE THIS AS SOME
MINOR GLITCH OR SOME MISTAKE BY
AN INDIVIDUAL.
IT IS PART OF THEIR ALGORITHM.
IT IS PART OF THEIR COMPANY
CULTURE.
AND FRANKLY IT WOULDN’T EXIST IF
IT DIDN’T HAVE THE
ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR, IF
THEY DIDN’T HAVE SUCH A DOMINANT
POSITION IN THE MARKETPLACE,
THEIR ACTIVITIES WOULDN’T EXIST.
ELIZABETH: YEAH, YOU KNOW THE
ARGUMENT HAS BEEN THESE ARE
PRIVATE COMPANIES.
THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO
WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THEIR
OWN SEARCH ENGINES BUT IT IS
DEEPER THAN THAT.
THE INTERNET IS LIKE A UTILITY.
SHOULD THEY BE REGULATED LIKE
UTILITIES?
BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IS NOW MOVING FORWARD TO HOLD
THEM, BASICALLY DIAL BACK THEIR
FEDERAL LEGAL LIABILITY SHIELD
FROM LAWSUITS IF THEY ALTER OR
EDITORIALIZE USERS SPEECH.
SO, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO I THINK
THE PUSH SHOULD BE DONE TO STOP
THIS?
>> WELL THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES.
ONE, THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, THE
ANTITRUST DIVISION AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
THEY ARE, AND THEY SHOULD BE
REGULATED BECAUSE THERMONO
POLICE.
AND -- THERMONO POLYS AND THEY
SHOULD BE REGULATED.
CONGRESS WROTE THE LAWS THAT
AFFECT THE INTERNET THEY WROTE
LAWS THAT EXCEPTED THESE
COMPANIES FROM CERTAIN LIBEL
ACTIONS, IT IS CALLED SECTION
230 AND SECTION 230 NEEDS TO BE
AMENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT
CONGRESS DOESN’T ALLOW THE KIND
OF BIAS THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING
ON.
ELIZABETH: I WANT TO SPELL OUT
HOW THEY’RE BASICALLY WRITING
THEIR ALGORITHMS TO KNOCK OUT
CONSERVATIVES FROM YOU KNOW,
FROM SEARCH RESULTS, SUPPRESSING
CONSERVATIVE CONTENT, DOING FACT
CHECKS ON CONSERVATIVES WITH
DUBIOUS INFORMATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, "BREITBART" IS
GETTING SHOVED OUT OF SEARCH
RESULTS.
"DAILY CALLER," FEDERALIST, THEY
ARE GETTING HIT.
WE HAVE SOUND BITE FROM JIM
JORDAN ON THIS.
SHOW THE VIEWER WHAT JIM JORDAN
SAID ABOUT THIS.
LISTEN TO WHAT JIM JARRED DAN
SAID TODAY, WATCH.
>> JULY 2020 GOOGLE REMOVES
HOMEPAGES OF "BREITBART" AND
"THE DAILY CALLER."
2019, AMAZON BANS PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S ACCOUNT ON TWITCH.
TAKE BUILDINGS DOWN POSTS FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
MAY 20th, 2019, FORMER
FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES, ADMIT
FACEBOOK ROUTINELY SUPPRESSES
CONSERVATIVE VIEWS.
ELIZABETH: HE HAD A LOT OF
EXAMPLES THERE, SIR.
YOUR REACTION?
>> JIM IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT IS CLEAR THESE COMPANIES
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
CONSERVATIVES.
IT IS CLEAR WE NEED TO CLOSELY
EXAMINE THE LAW TO MAKE SURE
THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN.
IT IS ALSO CLEAR THAT AMERICANS
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY USE
THIS SEARCH ENGINE OR USE THIS
SOCIAL INTERACTION PLATFORM THAT
THEY ARE GETTING A BIASED
INFORMATION AND THEY NEED TO
TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
ELIZABETH: THE ISSUE IS, THIS
COUNTRY IS NOW BEING DRIVEN WITH
CONTENT ONLINE.
THE DEBATE IS BEING DRIVEN WITH
CONTENT ONLINE THAT IS SHUTTING
OUT IMPORTANT FACTS AND
INFORMATION THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AREN’T SEEING AND IT IS
BEING BASICALLY, IT IS NOW BEING
FUNNELED THROUGH THESE TECH
GIANTS WHERE, IT IS BASICALLY,
YOU KNOW, SHUTTING DOWN DEBATE,
CENSORING INFORMATION.
NOT GIVING AMERICAN PEOPLE THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE
REASONABLE, RATIONAL CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT THE BIG ISSUES DRIVING
THIS COUNTRY TODAY.
SO THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.
THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION IS
REALLY BEING HARMED HERE, SIR.
YOUR FINAL WORD?
>> I THINK ABSOLUTELY IS A
SERIOUS ISSUE.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
MAKE SURE THAT THESE COMPANIES
AREN’T SO BIG THAT THEY DOMINATE
THE MARKETPLACE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE DIFFERENT SEARCH ENGINES
AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AMERICANS TO GET INFORMATION.