COULD MEAN A BIG CHANGE.
BACK TO YOU.
CONNELL: IT WOULD BE BIG, WE ARE
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOINS US
FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS IN THE
FINANCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE AND
THE REASON HE IS ON TODAY HE HAS
HIS OWN BILL TO LIMIT BIG TECH
CENSORSHIP, WE JUST HEARD FROM
SENATOR COTTON HE’S PROBABLY
HEARD THERE IN A SOUNDBITE, I
KNOW THIS IS A COMPANION BILL
BUT TELL US ABOUT YOUR BILL ON
THE HOUSE SIDE?
>> ABSOLUTELY THINKING FOR
HAVING US, THIS IS FOR SECTION
230 THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY
ACT OF 1996, ARE THEY PLATFORM
OR PUBLISHER, THEY HAVE BEEN
GIVEN RIGHTS AS A PUBLISHER OR
PLATFORM BUT THE ACTING LIKE A
PUBLISHER BUT THERE SELECTING
WHAT VIEWERS CAN AND CANNOT SEE,
WE WANT THEM TO UPDATE THEIR
USER AGREEMENT OR ELSE THEY LOSE
THOSE PROTECTIONS.
CONNELL: WHAT TYPE OF AN UPDATE
WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR, THE
REASON THAT PROTECTION IS IN
PLACE, TO KEEP OUT OR KEEP UP
THE PLATFORM IS INDECENT
MATERIAL OF SOME SORT IN TWITTER
OR FACEBOOK CAN DECIDE WHAT THAT
IS AND EDWARD JUST REPORTED
BECAUSE OF THE NEW YORK POST
STORY WITH CONSERVATIVES LIKE
YOURSELF, THAT IS POLITICAL
CENSORSHIP, WHERE IS THE LINE OR
IS THERE ONE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE HAPPEN.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY UPDATE THAT,
WHAT WE ARE SEEING THEY ARE
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING
CONSERVATIVES AND IS BEEN UNFAIR
FOR TOO LONG AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT STORIES LIKE THIS THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN AND JOE BIDEN
IN THE CORRUPTION WITH UKRAINE
AND CHINA NEED TO COME OUT, THEY
CANNOT CENSOR THIS BECAUSE THEY
THINK IT FAVORS DEMOCRATS AND
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, WE
CAN COME OUT WITH IT, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT IS THERE FOR ALL
INVOLVED AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ON
POLITICS BUT IF THEY ARE A
PLATFORM AND NOT A PUBLISHER
THEN WE NEED TO LET ALL VOICES
HAVE A SHARE.
CONNELL: IT IS ABOUT POLITICS
BECAUSE OF THE STORY AND IT’S
GETTING SO MUCH ATTENTION ALL THE REPUBLICANS ON THE SENATE
THE REPUBLICANS ON THE SENATE
SIDE OF THE BILL IS AT THE SAME
IN THE HOUSE AND IS THERE A
BIPARTISAN TALK ABOUT THIS, I
KNOW THIS STORY IS LEANING IN
ONE DIRECTION, ANY DISCUSSION
WITH DEMOCRATS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT ALL OR ALL ONE-SIDED?
AT ALL OR ALL ONE-SIDED?
>> WHEN IT COMES TO SECTION 230,
UDC REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WANTING
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON THIS, I
THINK ULTIMATELY IT COULD BE A
BIPARTISAN ISSUE, THAT MAY NEED
TO BE ON NOVEMBER 4 OR BEYOND
BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S FAIRLY
PARTISAN, THERE ARE PRESSING
CONSERVATIVE STORIES AND WE JUST
TAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO
KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT JOE BIDEN
AND KNOW THE TRUTH OF ALL
CANDIDATES, AND SOMEBODY IS
TECHNICALLY A PLATFORM NEEDS TO
PICK AND CHOOSE BETWEEN
CANDIDATES.
CONNELL: WAS HIS BILL INSPIRED
BY THAT STORY OR WERE YOU
WORKING ON THIS ALREADY?
>> THIS IS BEEN BREWING FOR TWO YEARS, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN
YEARS, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN
DIGGING IN TO THE CDA SECTION
230 AND WE HAVE THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WERE NOT THERE
1996 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
INTERNET WHEN THE BILL WAS
WRITTEN, NOW THEY ARE USING
THEIR PLATFORM ABILITY TO BE
PUBLISHERS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO CLARIFY THIS AND IT NEEDS TO
START WITH WHAT MY BILL DOES,
THAT IS DEALING WITH THE USER
AGREEMENT WHICH IS CURRENTLY
RIGHT NOW BEING USED FOR SILENCE
CONSERVATIVES WORLDVIEWS.
CONNELL: FINAL THING ON A
BROADER SENSE, THE ELECTION IS
COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS, WHAT
IMPACT MIGHT THAT HAVE ON THE
BIG TECH COMPANIES IN TERMS OF
LEGISLATION NEXT YEAR IF THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE MORE CONTROL TO
THE TECH COMPANIES NEED TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT ANTITRUST AND
OTHER ISSUES, HOW DO YOU SEE
THIS PLAYING OUT OVER THE NUMBER
OF YEARS OR THE NEXT
CONGRESSIONAL TERM.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW I DON’T KNOW
IF ANTITRUST IS THE ISSUE, I
THINK THE ISSUE DEALS WITH CBA
230 AND ARE THEY A PUBLISHER OR
PLATFORM AND LET’S MAKE SURE
THEY DON’T GET THE BENEFIT WHILE
ACTUALLY BEING THE OTHER WHICH
IS WHAT THEY DOING, THEY WANT TO
HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
AND WE NEED THEM TO CHOOSE, WE
NEED AMERICANS TO SEE ALL
STORIES AND DECIDE FOR
THEMSELVES, YOU CAN’T YELL FIRE
IN A THEATER, THERE’S GOING TO
HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT
APPLIES TO THE SITUATION BUT WE
NEED TO KEEP THE SECTION
PROTECTION IF THEY DECIDE TO BE
A TRUE PLATFORM AND NOT A
PUBLISHER THE EDITS OUT WHAT
AMERICANS CAN AND CANNOT SEE.
CONNELL: WE WILL FOLLOW THIS