Posted on 06/10/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT by lowbridge
While discussing YouTube’s decision to abandon the policy to ban election “misinformation,” CNN analyst Kirsten Powers, who claims to be a free speech supporter, suggested that if Big Tech platforms are banning what Republicans say, maybe they just shouldn’t say it.
“If there is some sort of huge riot, then the first platform that’s going to move, which is YouTube, is the one that we’re going to look at and say, ‘What did we do here?’” CNN analyst Sara Fischer asked during the discussion.
“Yes. But they can’t put the genie back in the bottle,” Powers replied.
“Once it’s out, it’s out there. And so, if the problem is that, ‘Oh, people aren’t going to be able to upload things that Republicans are saying,’ maybe Republicans should stop saying it, right? Is that not the solution to the problem? So, I think that — look, I support free speech, and I don’t think we want to silence political speech. But this company does have responsibility. And that’s not a violation of free speech to say, ‘We’re not going to allow you to upload information that is demonstrably false,’” she added.
The comments were odd coming from someone who once authored a book titled: “The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech.”
YouTube last week abandoned the election misinformation policy, which started an aggressive crackdown on alleged election misinformation about the presidential election in 2020.
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All he's saying is that he wouldn't kick her out of bed for eatin' crackers.
Communists are not for free speech. It is not in their DNC.
just was in one of those threads where a fella was arguing that state laws trump our inalienable right to protest-
the fella was suggesting that we all shut up and follow state law, and don’t protest verbally ‘because that is what the people in that particular state want’- i asked if we should shut up and follow what people in a particular state want concerning not allowing black folks to vote, or women to vote, or they wish to prevent Mexican people from eating in Italian restaurants etc etc etc “because that is what the people there want”- got no answer
Can’t Understand Normal Thinking.
“Oh, the stupid. It burns!”
And that's why I love you
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