Posted on 01/03/2026 9:04:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
'We need to control the platforms, all the social platforms,' Cato Networks co-founder Shlomo Kramer said
Israeli billionaire tech entrepreneur and Cato Networks co-founder Shlomo Kramer argued on Monday’s episode of CNBC’s "Money Movers" that governments must restrict freedom of speech in the age of AI.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump Monday at his Mar-a-Lago estate, weeks after a top Israeli defense official warned the world is soon to face its first cyber-based war. This meeting between Trump and Netanyahu comes amid growing debate within some conservative circles over the scope of American backing for Israel and the direction of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Netanyahu has referred to social media as a new weapon in the modern age.
"How is AI cyber warfare shaping geopolitics right now?" CNBC host Sara Eisen asked Kramer.
Kramer emphasized that artificial intelligence is already revolutionizing cyber warfare, ranging from critical infrastructure to the fabric of society and politics, arguing that it is undermining it. He claimed this is giving authoritarian governments an unfair advantage against democratic countries. Kramer went on to make a suggestion that quickly went viral on social media as speech advocates warned against the slippery slope to government censorship.
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"You’re seeing the polarization in countries that allow for the First Amendment and protect it, which is great. And I know it’s difficult to hear, but it’s time to limit the First Amendment in order to protect it," he said. "And quickly before it’s too late."
When asked what he meant by this, Kramer advocated government control of social media.
"I mean that we need to control the platforms, all the social..."
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He probably supports the Democrats.
Um, NO!
I don’t even agree with the policy, but either way; as someone who grew up Jewish myself, they probably should have sent someone non-Jewish out with a message like that in today’s environment.
Well, he’s certainly trying to give ammunition to the anti-Semites.
He should be permanently banned from travel to the United States.
1A doesn’t only protect speech that people like. There’s remedy for false info that does harm.
Have a nice day now.
Well this isn’t going to help curb anti semitism on line.
Hey Shlomo.
We have a First and Second Amendment that ensures that can’t happen.
Stick to your own damned knitting.
HELL NO!!
Reminds me of another quote:
“I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.” - George W. Bush
We had that with the Obama & Biden administration's. It wasn't welcome then, and it never should be.
The best way to expose & fight lies, is by presenting the truth and back them up with facts.
This is not going to be easy if they decide to allow for the criminalization of the first amendment. To change an amendment, it takes a two thirds vote in both houses to agree to send it to the POTUS. With the defection of a few politicians calling themselves republican in both houses, the numbers aren’t there. The liberals, and the news media in particular, have been using the first for many years to literally lie and get away with it because the original wording for the amendment did not consider criminality.
Defendants charged with crimes related to protest or expression can argue the law is unconstitutional, overly broad, or that their speech is protected, requiring courts to balance free speech against law enforcement interests.
However, the first only applies to people concerning the interior of the US. So, transmissions going outside the US property may be effected by screening by those in receiving of it as they can do what they want with it to include publicizing it after screening. Loophole.
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“We had to kill the children to save the children.” —Janet Reno
What garbage. It’s time to understand the First Amendment, not destroy it.
At first, I thought this video had to be a spoof because the promoted viewpoint is, well, bizarre for a westerner to say out loud. Then I realized this guy isn’t joking – he’s deadly serious.
Billionaire Shlomo Kramer says,
“I know it’s difficult to hear, but it’s time to limit the First Amendment in order to protect it.”
When asked what that means, Kramer responds,
“I mean that we need to control the platforms, all the social platforms. We need to stack rank the authenticity of every person that expresses themselves online and take control of what they are saying based on that ranking.”
When asked by who?
“The government should do that, yes.”
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This is absurd totalitarian thinking.
Every month it becomes more challenging to push back against these insufferable control agents both inside and outside government. What Shlomo Kramer is advocating for is digital fascism, where private industry collaborates with government to control the flow of information and speech on the internet.
Get stuffed Mr. Kramer!
“Um, NO!”
Nothing more needs to be said. This man should be immediately terminated by whatever tech company he works for in whatever sliver of the world he resides in.
Bkmk
Why is an Israeli sticking his nose in our business? We already have laws for suing and prosecuting for slander and libel.
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