Posted on 02/27/2022 12:46:06 PM PST by Kaslin
ORLANDO, Fla. – GOP Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty blasted Big Tech for its hypocrisy over what it chooses to censor on its platforms or not.
The senator, speaking on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), told Fox News Digital it's "amazing" to see how Big Tech picks and chooses which viewpoints to silence on its platforms.
Authoritarians, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said, are "welcome" on large social media platforms — while conservatives in America, such as former President Donald Trump, are silenced.
'It’s amazing to me that this is the path that Big Tech seems to choose. Where authoritarians are welcome to use Big Tech. Where the Ayatollah can call for ‘death for America,’ yet they’ll censor a president of the United States."
Hagerty was referring to how Twitter has allowed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to tweet threats against the U.S., yet it has permanently banned Trump and a number of his conservative colleagues from the platform.
Hagerty said one solution to this double standard is the Big Tech bill, introduced in April 2021, which he said unfortunately doesn’t have a single Democratic supporter in the Senate.
The Tennessee senator said the legislation would regulate Big Tech and make companies "explicitly state the criteria" if they want to censor something.
Hagerty said that currently under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, tech companies have "very broad criteria" to interpret what is "offensive," and they are using it to say that anything that is conservative is offensive.
Republicans have targeted Section 230 and introduced a number of legislative packages aimed at reforming the law.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., also called for Big Tech to be held accountable for stifling conservative viewpoints, while allowing authoritarian "thugs," such as Putin, to continue using their platforms.
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Dropped Twitter and Facebook. Both became cesspools. Waiting on Truth. #100k something before activated. Saw a neighbor get his post revoked twice now on Nextdoor for posting about the convoy. Time to drop another shithole.
There are too many cesspools Signs of the times
I am still registered with twitter, but don’t bother posting anything.I don’t even read the messages. I also am still on face book but when I go there it is only for a about five minutes. I have friends there from a political site we all used to belong to. Than I have some relatives there, like my brother, a nephew who is our elder brother’s son but has no interest on facebook. Also my late twin sister’s daughters and grand daughter are there. Than from my late husband one of his nieces is there.
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