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Exclusive — Devin Nunes Warns U.S. About ‘Tech Oligarchs’ Censorship, Bias Against Conservatives...
Breitbart ^ | 2 Sep 2019 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 09/02/2019 11:52:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: Exclusive — Devin Nunes Warns U.S. About ‘Tech Oligarchs’ Censorship, Bias Against Conservatives: ‘I Am Very Concerned’

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the ranking member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, told Breitbart News he is “very concerned” about the rising threat of the “tech oligarchs” at Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other tech giants censoring conservatives in an effort to stymie free speech and push a leftist agenda. Nunes, who is suing Twitter right now in Virginia, said in an exclusive appearance on Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 this weekend that that company “has been the worst” and that tech companies have gotten away with bias against conservative for years because of a special “carveout” in federal law.

“Well, in general, I have a real concern overall about what I call the ‘tech oligarchs,’” Nunes said. “But Twitter has been the worst, especially to me. So if you look at what they’ve done, specifically to me, is they enforce their rules selectively. So I’m arguing they’ve operated their property negligibly. They’ve been negligent with the operation of their property, and they’re actually content developers. They have had it their way for a long time by having this ability to get out from lawsuits because Congress has actually carved out a special provision in law for them because they were supposed to be an open square—an open public square; they’re the Internet. So they’re not treated like someone like, say, some other kind of product would be treated like a car, for example, or a kitchen appliance. They’ve had this special carveout for 20 years.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; devinnunes; fisa; nunes; nunesinterview; rodrosenstein

1 posted on 09/02/2019 11:52:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Golly Gee Willikers...You’re really concerned. Wow!!!!! Stop the presses.

What are you going to do about it? Nothing. Just like nothing will be done to any of the people that attempted the coup against the President.


2 posted on 09/02/2019 12:01:47 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These evil Tech Giants need to be taken down. Now.


3 posted on 09/02/2019 12:07:31 PM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Then why don’t you Demand the President do something about Spygate, maybe LOCK THEM ALL UP, maybe enough House Democrats were part of the Attempted Overthrow of the United States Government to give you a Majority before the Election, if so, SEIZE the DOMAINS of all these Big Tech sites for their Illegal In Kind Contributions and Defrauding the American people.


4 posted on 09/02/2019 12:12:57 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What about that!

We have oligarchs just like the Russians.


5 posted on 09/02/2019 12:14:16 PM PDT by seowulf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Devin Nunes vs. Tech Nazis - bump for later.....


6 posted on 09/02/2019 12:21:43 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Devin Nunes has no more influence over these kind of events than you or I do. Only Devin himself seems to be unaware of that. Maybe he’s selling books or speaking engagements.


7 posted on 09/02/2019 12:35:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hi Tech triads are in league with the CCP, in every single case. As such they are enemies of the state. The Attorney General has an obligation to shut these mafias down.


8 posted on 09/02/2019 12:42:01 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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"‘Tech Oligarchs’ Censorship, Bias Against Conservatives..."

This is an extremely serious problem. It is an important weapon in the arsenal of those who intend to establish George Orwell's 1984 nightmare in America, and they are well on the way to achieving their evil objective.

9 posted on 09/02/2019 12:48:29 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Was the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency liberty's last gasp? Big Brother is watching you.)
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To: qaz123

Three years in and none of them have done anything about it.


10 posted on 09/02/2019 12:49:27 PM PDT by 9YearLurker (.)
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To: lee martell

Then what’s he in Congress for?


11 posted on 09/02/2019 12:50:04 PM PDT by 9YearLurker (.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

IMO we are already beyond the point of no return.

These entities have vast powers, and there is no mechanism to restrain them.

We have two generations fully indoctrinated, for autocratic socialism.

Neither Republicans or democrats have inclination to pass laws, that would make much difference.

You cannot separate the “conservative” part of Google, since it does not exist.

The America and the world, will be what Big Media lead them to be.


12 posted on 09/02/2019 1:02:44 PM PDT by truth_seeker ( ^^\/**|_|**\/ ^^^^)
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CONTACT enforcement@SEC.gov

Twitter Initial public offering (IPO)-——On September 12, 2013, Twitter announced that it had filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ahead of a planned stock market listing.[95] It revealed its prospectus in an 800-page filing.[96] Twitter planned to raise US$1 billion as the basis for its stock market debut.[97] The IPO filing states that “200,000,000+ monthly active users” access Twitter and “500,000,000+ tweets per day” are posted.[34][98] In an October 15, 2013 amendment to their SEC S-1 filing,[99] Twitter declared that they would list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), quashing speculation that their stock would trade on the NASDAQ exchange.

This decision was widely viewed to be a reaction to the botched initial public offering of Facebook.[100] On November 6, 2013, 70 million shares[101] were priced at US$26 and issued by lead underwriter Goldman Sachs.[102]

On November 7, 2013, the first day of trading on the NYSE, Twitter shares opened at $26.00 and closed at US$44.90, giving the company a valuation of around US$31 billion.[103] The paperwork from show of November 7 that among the founders, Williams received a sum of US$2.56 billion and Dorsey received US$1.05 billion, while Costolo’s payment was US$345 million.[104] On February 5, 2014, Twitter published its first results as a public company, showing a net loss of $511 million in the fourth quarter of 2013.[105] On January 5, 2016, CEO Jack Dorsey commented on a report that Twitter planned to expand its character limit to 10,000 (private messages already had the longer limit as of July), requiring users to click to see anything beyond 140 characters. He said while Twitter would “never lose that feeling” of speed, users could do more with the text.[106] In September 2016, Twitter shares rose 20% after a report that it had received takeover approaches.[107] Potential buyers were Alphabet (parent company of Google),[107] Microsoft,[108][109][110] Salesforce.com,[107][111] Verizon,[111] and The Walt Disney Company.[112][113] Twitter’s board of directors were open to a deal, which could have come by the end of 2016.[107][114] However, no deal was made, with reports in October stating that all the potential buyers dropped out partly due to concerns over abuse and harassment on the service.[115][116][117] In June 2017, Twitter revamped its dashboard to improve the new user experience.[118][119]

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The social media platform proves without a shadow of a doubt that they do not have a terms of service implemented to curb threats. Twitter’s ‘rules’ or their ‘terms of service’ is only a front to ban conservatives, We’ve known this to be true all along — now we have proof. CASE IN POINT After a selectively edited video of the Covington Catholic teens went viral on Twitter, verified, bluecheck accounts accused the minor teens of mobbing and harassing a Native American activist — the full video of what transpired proved this narrative to be a huge lie. ********* Verified accounts ran with the lie and called for the murder, physical assault and even sexual crimes to be committed against the children. These calls for violence against children clearly violate Twitter’s ‘Terms of Service,’ however they took no action against the accounts. Every single account is still up. ********* Twitter has taken no action against these verified bluecheck accounts even though they blatantly violated the terms of service. In fact, hundreds of people reported ‘House Shoes,’ a Los Angeles-based DJ who called for the Covington Catholic kids to be burned alive and Twitter said in a response that his tweets did not violate the rules. (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ... This pattern and practice of making death threats proves that Twitter is not a common carrier; its executives should be liable for crimes committed using that service.

13 posted on 09/02/2019 1:41:01 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Hillary and Politico Publish Hit List of 200 Influential Conservatives
They call “Foreign Actors” Who They Want Removed from Twitter

gwp ^ | 2/23/19 | Jim Hott / FR Posted by Roman_War_Criminal

The organized left has already decimated conservative voices on Facebook with many of the top 2016 publishers already put out of business. Facebook cut nearly two billion page views to conservative websites in 2018. This is a bloodbath. Facebook has wiped out conservative content to American users. There is also evidence of far left Google officials debating how to bury conservative content. Google regularly censors conservative content.

Far left Google and Facebook also control 80% of advertising dollars online. And they openly discriminate against conservative publishers. Twitter continues to eliminate pro-Trump and conservative users and shadow-ban thousands of conservative accounts. But this is not enough. (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

14 posted on 09/02/2019 1:41:40 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is there any good guys left with any power at all?

Any good hackers?

That is what it will take. All courts and prosecutors are bought, including Barr and all others.


15 posted on 09/02/2019 2:40:18 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/us-unleashes-military-to-fight-fake-news-disinformation/ar-AAGES56

He must've missed this news. Now the military will be silencing conservatives.
16 posted on 09/02/2019 3:15:24 PM PDT by ssfromla
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No knock raids will soon follow.


17 posted on 09/02/2019 3:16:47 PM PDT by ssfromla
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tech oligarchs are, like it or not, logical. They have a misguided premise or two. Any counter movement must involve logic and that means data and that means RAW data. We need numbers, status data, scalar quantities from which to mobilize vector attributes.


18 posted on 09/02/2019 8:14:15 PM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks E. Pluribus Unum.

19 posted on 09/02/2019 10:17:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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We won't have an unlimited number of times to stand up to the totalitarians... Once they have the boot grinding into our faces it'll be over... corrupt white liberal elites have to tools to stop dissension.
20 posted on 09/03/2019 9:45:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (CNN's Lawrence O'Donnell rapes 5 year old boys and his Mom's a whore. IF true a bombshell story.)
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