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TIMELINE: Virginia Democrat Mark Warner Surprise Force Behind... Crackdown on Speech
Breitbart ^ | 18 Aug 2018 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 08/19/2018 11:04:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: TIMELINE: Virginia Democrat Mark Warner Surprise Force Behind Masters of the Universe Crackdown on Speech

Twitter this week suspended InfoWars host Alex Jones for seven days for what it said were violations of its policies, following Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify’s simultaneous banning last week. It is not clear what prompted those platforms to suddenly take collective action, but it came about one week after Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, led a charge threatening new regulation of social media companies who cannot stop bad actors from using their platforms.

Two weeks ago, on July 30, a white paper authored by Warner’s staff was leaked to Axios, which blamed major social media firms for allowing Russians to interfere with the 2016 elections and outlined 20 proposals for regulating social media firms.

“Government has failed to adapt and has been incapable or unwilling to adequately address the impacts of these trends on privacy, competition, and public discourse. Armed with this knowledge, it is time to begin to address these issues and work to adapt our regulations and laws,” the white paper said.

Non-partisan tech experts called his proposals impractical. “The proposals in the paper are wide ranging and in some cases even politically impossible, and raise almost as many questions as they try to answer,” wrote Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review’s chief digital writer.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 115th; alexjones; apple; facebook; infowars; liberalfascism; markwarner; spotify; virginia; youtube

1 posted on 08/19/2018 11:04:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Markie Warner’s Heritage Action score is 6% - https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/w000805?session=115


2 posted on 08/19/2018 11:28:51 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other Democrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s the one who wants to get his hands on Julian Assange, too.


3 posted on 08/19/2018 11:31:08 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh, yeah, this was “leaked” to Axios, probably while the Axios reporter was sitting in Warner’s office.

Axios, the new undercover arm of the DNC.

New entry into the fray...same old fake news.


4 posted on 08/19/2018 11:38:48 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Like most if not all DC democrats, Mark Warner fronts for George Soros and Soros fronts for the Rothschild clan. Globalist cabal has to silence the American Patriot voice.


5 posted on 08/19/2018 11:44:53 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not to worry...It’s just the democrats showing their real sides as NAZI soldiers and that the “Ministry of Truth” really exists.


6 posted on 08/19/2018 11:45:20 AM PDT by DH
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is beginning to look like an illegal combination in restraint of trade.


7 posted on 08/19/2018 11:54:28 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: palmer; semimojo
Remember when I said that if you allow "private" companies to censor speech, you will never be able to tell when the government is behind it?

This thread is an example of what I meant.

8 posted on 08/19/2018 8:35:11 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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