Posted on 12/12/2018 2:14:40 PM PST by Red Badger
Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.) said he would "love to be able to regulate the content of speech" during an interview Wednesday, noting he was prevented from doing that by the First Amendment.
Lieu got attention a day earlier when Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, assailing conservative claims of the tech giant's bias against them by reading positive and negative stories about Republican Reps. Steve Scalise (La.) and Steve King (Iowa), the latter of whom has repeatedly courted controversy with racially charged remarks.
After CNN host Brianna Keilar praised Lieu for the "clever" stunt, she wondered if Democrats should have used more of their time to question the Google leader about how it and other tech companies can work to prevent the spread of conspiracy theories and other online trolling.
"It's a very good point you make," Lieu said. "I would love if I could have more than five minutes to question witnesses. Unfortunately, I don't get that opportunity. However, I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech. The First Amendment prevents me from doing so, and that's simply a function of the First Amendment, but I think over the long run, it's better the government does not regulate the content of speech."
He added he would urge private companies to regulate their platforms more themselves but repeated the government shouldn't play that role.
Lieu blasted the hearing as a waste of time perpetrated by Republicans and backed the right of corporations to free speech. He backs a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court decision Citizens United, however, which confirmed that right.
Lieu tweeted Tuesday he would like to regulate Fox News but said the fact that he couldn't was "a good thing in the long run."
I agree there are serious issues, but the speech issues are protected by the First Amendment. Would I like to regulate Fox News? Yes, but I can't because the First Amendment stops me. And that's ultimately a good thing in the long run.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 11, 2018
Scrieu Lieu.
You said Chink lmao you racist
The rope awaits.
Thus proving that, inside every Democrat, there's a Communist screaming to get out.
He is unfit to serve.
Democrat. Constitution protecting God-given rights is a major hindrance to their innate desires.
Ropes and lampposts, people. Onlyway we are going to save ourselves from these socialist totalitarians who know better than us and demand to micromanage every aspect of our lives, and are prepared to kill us with nukes if we oppose them.
If I had use the word hole, would that have been sexist or homophobic? ;^}
That only lasts as long as we have the means to fight back. Keep allowing incremental infringements on our 2nd amendment and the rest are up for grabs by the socialists. When they no longer fear us, we’re finished.
The definition is correct. Whether they are attacking the constitution, proclaiming the virtues of diversity, pretending to advocate for the poor, asserting the imagined rights of oppressed minorities or women, or gays, or transgenders, or illegal immigrants, they are the same people, promoting the same agenda, and furthering the same totalitarian objective. They believe nothing of what they say and are consumed by what they believe: the only moral imperative and universal constant is absolute power. “Dirtbags” dignifies and elevates them.
He was born in Taiwan.
Time to make being a Natural Born Citizen a Requirement for anyone seeking any Federal Office.
Exactly.
That’s true. Leftists define hate speech is only possible against groups that support them.
This yahoo should be reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee.
Typical politician these days - the Constitution is an impediment to their desires....
“...but First Amendment stops me’’. I wouldn’t worry too much about the First comrade. It’s the Second that a guy like you has to be concerned.
There's really no other explanation.
What do you expect when fools and idiots are allowed to vote?
This POS is my congressPOS. Everything we vote for loses. It sucks here in commiefronia. :(
... and a totalitarian bleeds.
Democrats want to destroy the country and reshape so their grip on power is solid.
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