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Ravel Says Regulate Internet Political Speech
Heatstreet ^ | April 14, 2017 | Ian Miles Cheong

Posted on 04/17/2017 6:59:23 AM PDT by Ahithophel

The former Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ann M. Ravel says that political speech must be controlled on social media. She presented her remarks in a speech at UC Berkeley, calling for regulations against “fake news.”

Speaking at an event called “Future of Democracy,” Ravel argued the proliferation of “fake news” and political advertising on platforms like Facebook influenced elections. She warned that the lack of disclosure by the creators of these campaigns was becoming a huge problem.

“We know that there’s a lot of campaigning that’s moved to the internet, whether it’s through fake news or just outright advertising and there is almost no regulation of this, very little,” she said. “And so that the disclosure that we expect as to who is behind campaigns is not going to exist soon”

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; achillwind; annravel; annravelfec; censorship; fakenews; fec; howtostealanelection; mediablackout
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1 posted on 04/17/2017 6:59:23 AM PDT by Ahithophel
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To: Ahithophel

Democrats would shut down Free Republic in the blink of an eye if they could.


2 posted on 04/17/2017 7:01:44 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Beware of strong drink. It may cause you to shoot at tax collectors . . . and miss.)
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To: Ahithophel

Nothing could be more instructive as to where this is all headed.


3 posted on 04/17/2017 7:01:46 AM PDT by The Toll
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“Bipartisan” means folks agreeing with liberals, never the other way around.


4 posted on 04/17/2017 7:01:49 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Ahithophel

Can FR regulate democrat underground and other progressive leftist sites?
Conservatives can help regulate the fake news.
I assume this is what she meant.


5 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:01 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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6 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:14 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Ahithophel

The former Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ann M. Ravel...


This is one of those cases when the best word in the whole story is the second word.

Former.

Beautiful word.


7 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:30 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump++)
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To: Ahithophel

Too bad the nasty old Second Amendment got in the way................


8 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Ahithophel

Must regulate everything!


9 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:41 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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Do away with the FEC. They don’t fight vote fraud. They don’t investigate rigged debates. They don’t care about foreign contributions to Clinton-Gore.


10 posted on 04/17/2017 7:02:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Ahithophel

How about we just censor anything you say Ravel? See how ya like it.


11 posted on 04/17/2017 7:04:47 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Ahithophel

It is called freedom of speech. If you have your way, Annie, only the speech with which you disagree will be controlled. A non-starter.


12 posted on 04/17/2017 7:06:20 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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LOSER .. NO LONGER IN POWER ... wants an agency to consider her radical removal of The First Amendment.

Uhhhh ..... bite me.

13 posted on 04/17/2017 7:06:33 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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The goal is to criminalize opinions that the government doesn’t like. They consider the first amendment as a minor obstacle, but not an impediment. They get around it by criminalizing “biased” opinions. They would love to put people in jail for saying that *slam is a violent death cult, denying “global warming” or saying that chopping your dick off is insane. They will keep trying.


14 posted on 04/17/2017 7:07:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: Ahithophel

Did she require Senate confirmation for that FEC post?

If so, did any of the 100 SOOOOOPER-Geniuses bother to ask her about her thoughts on the First Amendment?

If this was her answer, why did they vote to confirm?

And if she took an oath to uphold the Constitution at her swearing in, can she now be prosecuted?


15 posted on 04/17/2017 7:08:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Ahithophel

Regulating free speech is far more serious and un-American than fake news. Besides the truth is really there, we usually find it later. But, Nazis are still around preaching regulation of speech by the government.


16 posted on 04/17/2017 7:10:35 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Break up the partisan tech giants.)
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Wasn't Obama the first one to master the use of social networks for political campaigning?
17 posted on 04/17/2017 7:15:05 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The Agenda Media no longer has a shred of credibility.)
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To: Ahithophel

Ann Ravel’s a democrat. Her alma mater is University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley thugs didn’t beat up people who wanted to hear her speak.

In short, she stands with the thugs - with the mob. Ignore her filth.


18 posted on 04/17/2017 7:15:36 AM PDT by GOPJ (Obama to Lynch to Bill Clinton: Unmasked reports transferred face-to-face at obscure airport?)
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To: Ahithophel

So, in lib world the “future of democracy” is to eliminate free speech?


19 posted on 04/17/2017 7:16:43 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Rurudyne
“Bipartisan” means folks agreeing with liberals, never the other way around.

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

20 posted on 04/17/2017 7:17:02 AM PDT by GOPJ (Obama to Lynch to Bill Clinton: Unmasked reports transferred face-to-face at obscure airport?)
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