Posted on 02/08/2023 7:46:13 PM PST by bitt
WASHINGTON —
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer pointed out that many social media platforms are under the control of people who are hostile to the fundamental American principles of free speech and expression protected in the U.S. Constitution.
Prior to Elon Musk’s takeover of the Twitter, Chairman Comer highlighted how the federal government used Twitter to suppress free speech and pointed out how the FBI advised Twitter executives to question the validity of any Hunter Biden story before the New York Post even reported on the contents of his laptop. Chairman Comer closed by emphasizing the American people deserve answers about Big Tech, mainstream media, and federal government’s collusion to censor information about Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s business schemes.
(VIDEO) https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1623342463673946113?s=20&t=7a8unfdya5ID9PDBS02Epg
Below are Chairman Comer’s remarks as prepared:
Today’s hearing is the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s first step in examining the coordination between the federal government and Big Tech to restrict protected speech and interfere in the democratic process.
Social media platforms are increasingly the place Americans go to express their views, debate issues, and gather news and information.
These platforms are the “virtual town square.” ......MORE
(Excerpt) Read more at oversight.house.gov ...
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Especially when it lets government tell it what is and is not “misinformation.”
And I'm seldom censored on FR.....
They’ll leave you alone, until they determine you are a threat.
Reagan (among others) warned us specifically, yet 90% of the serfs either ignored it, did not believe it, or welcomed it...
His prophecy of a thousand years of darkest tyranny was spot on...
We now have about 998 years of it left unless Apophis does a real number on the planet or there is a revolution...
'Speak' all ya want, you just ain't gonna POST on MY platform!
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