Posted on 09/09/2019 12:05:31 PM PDT by John Semmens
Sen. Ron Wyden, (D-OR) threatened CEO Mark Zuckerberg with incarceration if he doesn't do a better job of censoring the content posted on Facebook. "I know Mr. Zuckerberg thinks he's done enough with his algorithms that dampen access to content that deviates from acceptable parameters of political discussion," Wyden said. "He fears to go further due to the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech. But I want to remind him that it is not within his purview to determine the boundaries of freedom of speech."
"The First Amendment is what creates the biggest opportunity for hate speech," the Senator asserted. "People who previously had no affordable way of communicating their anti-progressive ideas can now reach millions via social media. Tech companies need to be far more vigorous about identifying, fingerprinting, and blocking content from these individuals. If these companies can't do this their executives need to be fined or imprisoned."
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As much as I detest Zuckerberg, I despise Wyden even more. What a pinhead!
“People who previously had no affordable way of communicating their anti-progressive ideas can now reach millions via social media.”
Well, well. Free speech is only for you, is that it, Ron? FOAD!!
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