1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: On this episode of Newsworld. Facebook announced on Wednesday, May 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: fifth that their oversight board, a company appointed panel, ruled 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: that the ban of President Donald J. Trump for life 4 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: from their social media platform was justified at the time, 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: but added that the company should reassess its action and 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: make a final decision in six months. Many Americans who 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: believe in our Constitution and our First amment right to 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: free speech were shocked by their decision. Me included at 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: the end of the day, this will be a fiercely 10 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: debated conversation about big text power over free speech online, 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: and I wanted to take a few minutes today to 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: talk about how I think Facebook's decision is a betrayal 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: of America and America's core values. Twitter and Facebook first 14 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: locked the accounts of President Donald J. Trump from their 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: social media platforms on Wednesday, January six, twenty twenty one, 16 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: following the violence at the US capital. At the time, 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: President Trump had eighty eight million followers on Twitter and 18 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: thirty five million followers on Facebook. At the time, Twitter 19 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: released a statement over their platform that said, quote, as 20 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, 21 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: d C, we have required the removal of three at 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: real Donald Trump tweets they were posted earlier today for 23 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: repeated and severe violations of our civic integrity policy. A 24 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: Twitter spokesman also added, quote, our public interest policy, which 25 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: has guided our enforcement action in this area for years, 26 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: ends where we believe the risk of harm is higher. 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: Following Twitter shutdown of Trump's account, Facebook barred President Trump 28 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: for twenty four hours after finding he violated the company's 29 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: quote rules, and also announced they were shut down his 30 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: Instagram account as well. Facebook owns Instagram. Once this action 31 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: was taken in the first twenty four hours, the woke 32 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: left mob seized on it. They used Twitter's own platform 33 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 1: to call for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to take down 34 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: President Trump's Twitter account permanently. Venture capitalists with deep investments 35 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: in Silicon Valley companies joined in. According to The New 36 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: York Times, Chrissaka, a tech investor who invested in Twitter, said, quote, 37 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: for four years, you've rationalized this terror. Inciting violent treason 38 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: is not a free speech exercise. Kressaka, at tech investor 39 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: who had invested in Twitter, wrote to mister Dorsey and 40 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, if you work at those 41 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: companies it's on YouTube shut it down. So, even after 42 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: their platforms had once argued that President Trump's social media 43 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: posts were in the public interest, Dorsey and Zuckerberg were 44 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: getting pressure from a lot of different places to ban 45 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: President Trump, and an internal memo to Facebook employees, Zuckerberg 46 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: said that he was quote saddened by this mob violence. 47 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: He said Facebook had stepped up the moderation of mister 48 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: Trump's comments because the situation was quote an emergency quote 49 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: The peaceful transition of power is critical to the functioning 50 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: of our democracy, and we need our political leaders to 51 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: lead by example and put the nation first, mister Zuckerberg wrote. 52 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: On January seventh, Zuckerberg announced that they would ban President 53 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 1: Trump from their platform until the end of his term 54 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: as president. On January twentieth. They gave no indication at 55 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: that time that they would take further action, but Zuckerberg added, quote, 56 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: we believe the risks of allowing the president to continue 57 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: to use our service during this period are simply too great. 58 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: On the same day, January seventh, Twitter unlocked President Trump's 59 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: account and allowed the president to send out tweets again. 60 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: He tweeted out a two minute and forty one second video. 61 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: Have a listen to what he had to say. I 62 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on 63 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: the United States Capital. Like all Americans, I am outraged 64 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. I immediately deployed the 65 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building 66 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: and expel the intruders. America is and must always be, 67 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: a nation of law and order. The demonstrators who infiltrated 68 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: the capital have defiled the seat of American democracy. To 69 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction, 70 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: you do not represent our country. And to those who 71 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: broke the law, you will pay. We have just been 72 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: through an intense selection and the motions are high. But 73 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must 74 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: get on with the business of America. My campaign vigorously 75 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: pursued every legal avenue to test the election results. My 76 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. 77 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: In so doing, I was fighting to defend American democracy. 78 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: I continue to strongly believe that we must reform our 79 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: election laws to verify the identity and eligibility of all voters, 80 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: and to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections. 81 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: Now Congress has certified the results. A new administration will 82 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: be inaugurated on January twentieth. My focus now turns to 83 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. This 84 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: moment calls for healing and reconciliation. Twenty twenty has been 85 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: a challenging time for our people. A menacing pandemic has 86 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: upended the lives of our citizens, isolated millions in their homes, 87 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: damaged our economy, and claimed countless lives. Defeating this pandemic 88 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: and rebuilding the greatest economy on earth will require all 89 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: of us working together. It will require a renewed emphasis 90 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: on the civic values of patriotism, faith, charity, community, and family. 91 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,799 Speaker 1: We must revitalize the sacred bonds of love and loyalty 92 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: that bind us together as one national family. To the 93 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: citizens of our country, serving as your president has been 94 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: the honor of my lifetime. And to all of my 95 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: wonderful supporters, I know you are disappointed, but I also 96 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: want you to know that our incredible journey is only 97 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: just beginning. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America. Well, 98 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: this was all going on other social media platforms like YouTube, Snapchat, 99 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: and Twitch all took various actions against the President's ability 100 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: to use their platforms to communicate. President Trump was still 101 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: welcome in Parlor, the social media platform that pitched itself 102 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: as a free speech alternative to Facebook, and by Saturday, 103 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: January ninth, Apple listed Parlor as the number one free 104 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: app being downloaded from the App Store. Then big tech 105 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: came after Parlor. First, Apple and Google removed Parlor from 106 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: the rapp stores. Then Amazon told Parlor that it was 107 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: no longer welcome to use as Amazon Web Services platform 108 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: to host Parlor, and this effectively shut Parlor down. At 109 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the time, Parlor CEO John Macy said, quote tech giants 110 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: had acted in a coordinated effort to completely remove free 111 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: speech off the Internet. All of these social media companies 112 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: say they're banning President Trump for a violation of their 113 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: platform rules or policies. But now I want to take 114 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: you back through why that's the most absurd allegation and 115 00:07:42,560 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: all of this when we come back, First of all, 116 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: the hypocrisy of Facebook is unbelievable. I'm gonna go out 117 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: and let me tell you I think this actually helps Trump. 118 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: This proves that Trump is a martyr. It proves that 119 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: there's left wing oligarchs in California hating, He's going to 120 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: be able to communicate. I mean, anybody who thinks Donald 121 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: Trump can't find a way to get around a bunch 122 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: of guys who who are billionaires but not very smart, 123 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: I think is kidding themselves. What these guys have proven 124 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: is they know how to make money. They have improven 125 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: the things solve anything. When I walk you through some 126 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: of the hypocrisy, you will be appalled at how bad 127 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: they are. So Trump now can be the advocate of 128 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: free speech. Biden will be somewhere between a sleep and 129 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: the basement and hiding. If you can silence someone who 130 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: got seventy five million votes, you could censor anybody and 131 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: presently will occur at Democrats. Oh that means them too. 132 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: And I think that these oligarchs are walking their companies 133 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: out on the edge of a catastrophe. I just did 134 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: a show with Larry Cutlow a few minutes ago on Fox. 135 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: Larry's guest before me was talking about making it possible 136 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: to sue these guys for damages. And they're going to 137 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: face that kind of retribution, and whether they face it 138 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: under the Democrats or they face it. In twenty twenty three, 139 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: one Speaker McCarthy is in charge of when the Republicans 140 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: have regained control the Senator, they are going to pay 141 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: an enormous price before this is over. And to show 142 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: you how really sick this is, I'm going to give 143 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: you some numbers. If you're listening to this while you're driving, 144 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: do not try to write while you're driving. Let's ask 145 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: ourselves the question if Donald Trump is unacceptable by the way, 146 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: I think the whole thing about who's on the board, 147 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: what's the board get paid, what was the reasoning for 148 00:09:55,520 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: their decision? All the stuff. This is just garbage some 149 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: nitwitt Harvard Business School graduate who has figured out a 150 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: clever way, assuming the rest of us are idiots, and 151 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: it has no meaning. I mean, it's not going to 152 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: in any way protect or improve Facebook's position. But let 153 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: me give you an example. Donald Trump is really dangerous, 154 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: so we can't let him out. Well, how about Zenoa, 155 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: which is a Chinese news agency. Oh, it has ninety 156 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: million followers on Facebook. Oh. How about The People's Daily, 157 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: the Communist Party's major newspaper. Oh, it has eighty six 158 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: point five million followers on Facebook. How about the Global 159 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: Times another Chinese communist publication. Oh, it has sixty two 160 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: point eight million followers on Facebook. How about CCTV Chinese 161 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: Communist Television, It's at forty nine point eight million followers. 162 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: And then CGTN, the Chinese Global TV Network, It's at 163 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixteen point eight million followers. Now, do 164 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: you really believe that Donald Trump up as a greater 165 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: threat than the Chinese? The solitary and dictatorship? Do you 166 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: really believe that Facebook has to protect us for a 167 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: man who served as presidented States and got seventy five 168 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: million votes. And by the way, since you didn't get 169 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: any votes, what's your moral authority for doing this just 170 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: because you're rich. I mean, there's something really sick about 171 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: this whole process. But let me go, Bill did We 172 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: didn't want to just pick on the Chinese because we 173 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: thought that wasn't fair. Although it is weird that the 174 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 1: Chinese can be engaging in genocide, the Chinese can be 175 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: crushing freedom in Hong Kong, the Chinese can be threatening Taiwan. 176 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: The Chinese just announced recently that nobody who's under seven 177 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: can go to a Christian event, and that every Christian 178 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: is going to have to pledge loyalty to China over 179 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: loyalty to God. So you might think that this board, 180 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: if they were looking at the real world, would conclude 181 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: that maybe the Chinese communist dictatorship and Jiji and Peng 182 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: a greater threat than Donald Trump. But that wouldn't be 183 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: politically correct of course. Plus, Facebook makes a lot of 184 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 1: money in China, and let's face it, patriotism dies at 185 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: the pocketbook for these guys. They have no patriotism if 186 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: it threatens their pocketbook. But let's sto be on China. Venezuela, 187 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: the dictatorship of Nicholas Maduro. Oh, he has a million, 188 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety eight thousand followers on Facebook. Now 189 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: all that you decide is Maduro a greater threat or 190 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: Donald Trump? This is an absurdity. This would be a 191 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: great comedy Saturday Night Live, or to spend an entire 192 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 1: skit on the decision making process of Facebook. How about Russia? 193 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: There is a page which is Facebook dot com slash 194 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: he and dot Kremlin dot ruth slave backslash oh. That 195 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: is the official movement and support of Ladimir, who you 196 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: might remember is not only a dictator, former KGB officer 197 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: currently trying to poison his primary competitor has troops surrounding Ukraine. 198 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: But after all, compared to Donald Trump, how can we 199 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: think of Vladimer Putin badly? So it doesn't matter much 200 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: because he only has eighty three thousand people who like 201 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: the page and eighty six thousand who follow it. But 202 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: the other posts they've got, which is Facebook dot com 203 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: slash dot Vladimir Putin backslash that has three million, sixty 204 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: thousand people following the page. Now I ask you, do 205 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: you honestly believe that Donald Trump is a greater threat 206 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: than Vladimer Putin? If he is, why was there all 207 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: this left wing worry about some kind of Russian project. Oh, 208 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: but that's different, because this is after all, on Facebook 209 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: and they need to make money. And Putin, after all, 210 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: hasn't done anything terrible this week, or at least not 211 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: that we know about it, because they have pretty a secrecy. Cuba, 212 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: Miguel diascanel Bermudez is about twenty four thousand followers, but 213 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: after all, the famous Castro dictatorship, some sixty years of 214 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: imprisoning the Cuban people, expelling the middle class, running a 215 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: police state. But at least he's not Donald Trump. Then 216 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: you get to Iran. Hassan Rohaney has one hundred and 217 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: eighty one thousand followers on Facebook, So think about it 218 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: before I get to Americans. This so called board has 219 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: concluded that a man who got seventy five million votes 220 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: served as president United States is more dangerous than the 221 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: dictator of Venezuela, the dictator of Russia, the dictator of Cuba, 222 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: the dictator of Iran, or the Chinese communist solitarian system. 223 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: Now this could suggest to you that Facebook's not particularly patriotic, 224 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: that it has no common sense that somehow foreign dictatorships 225 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: are less threatening than an American president. Well, let's look 226 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: to here at home, Lewis Farakhon's group, and Louis Farrakhan 227 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: is a known anti Semite who has preached hate regularly. Well, 228 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: the Nation of Islam, which is his organization, has any 229 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: one thousand followers on Facebook. But after all, at least 230 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: he's not Donald Trump. So Lewis Farakhon's okay, Donald Trump is. 231 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: We recently saw Maxine Waters urging the crowd to stay 232 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: in the street to confront people. Just three hundred and 233 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: seventy five thousand followers and of course you couldn't imagine 234 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: offending Maxine Waters. Black Lives Matter seven hundred and eighty 235 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: six thousand followers on Facebook. Two of the co founders 236 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: of Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza, has sixty six thousand followers. 237 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: Petrescullars has about fourteen thousand dollars. Now, I just gave 238 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: you that as a sample. I can't tell you how 239 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: disgusted I feel that Zuckerberg, who was made a billionaire 240 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: by the United States, whose entire system has been protected 241 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: by the American military, who has relied on the stature 242 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: of this country, whose entire business exists because of the 243 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: freedoms in this country, that he would preside over some phony, 244 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: totally absolutely dishonest process in order to keep Donald Trump 245 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: off Facebook while allowing the Chinese, the Russians, the Venezuelans, 246 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: the Iranians, etc. On Facebook. This should be an absolute 247 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: national scandal. They should be digging into who's on the board, 248 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: what does the board get paid, what are their credentials, 249 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: how do they make this decision, and why have they 250 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: not gone after any of these other dictators. So I 251 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: think it is truly a national scandal. I think that 252 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: it's not going to go away, and I think as 253 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: people realize that they could in fact be censored, I 254 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: could be censored. We're very aware at Ginglishtree sixty that 255 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: if we say the wrong things in the wrong order, 256 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: and we triggered the wrong algorithm, we might be off 257 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: not able to communicate. So it's inherently dangerous to have 258 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: the government do it. I think it's worse to have 259 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: oligarchs who are billionaires, who have no moral authority and 260 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: no structure of authority, have this kind of power unilateral. 261 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: When we come back, I'll reveal more about the Facebook 262 00:17:47,000 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: Oversight Board. The oversight board at Facebook is an independent 263 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 1: board reportedly made up of a panel of about twenty 264 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: people who are quote journalists, activist, academics, and lawyers, which 265 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: that right there should tell you they're all left wing liberals. 266 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: These were all people picked up by Facebook executives, including Zuckerberg, 267 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: to deliberate company decisions like an internal supreme court. But 268 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: let's be clear about how independent they really are. According 269 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: to reporting in the New York Times, quote, Facebook funds 270 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: the board with a one hundred and thirty million dollar trust, 271 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: and top executives played a big role in this formation. 272 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: So If you think they are independent their decision making, 273 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: think again. In fact, the New York Post reported on Wednesday, 274 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: just who serves on the board? Quote what do you 275 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: get if you cross a former Danish prime minister, someone 276 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 1: who once edited the left wing Guardian newspaper, a year 277 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: many activist, a bunch of law professors, a Pakistani digital 278 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: rights advocate, the predictable banning of Donald Trump. Those was, 279 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: as some of the members of the Facebook Oversight Board, 280 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: a kind of social media supreme court, one the left 281 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: has already packed. Yesterday, the group extended the banning of 282 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: Trump from Facebook for six months, urging the company to 283 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: come up with guidelines that would extend his sensory considering 284 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: how central Facebook can be to political fundraising and outreach. 285 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: Not to mention news, exiling Trump is no small matter. 286 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: It is meddling with democracy close quote But I will 287 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: give the board this. The board said that an indefinite 288 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: suspension of Trump's account was quote not appropriate because it 289 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: was not a penalty defined in Facebook's policies, and that 290 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: the company should apply a standard of punishment, such as 291 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: a time bounds suspension or a permanent ban. The board 292 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: gave Facebook six months to make a final decision on 293 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: President Trump's accounts status. In the meantime, President Trump is 294 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: fighting back. On Tuesday, team announced a new website from 295 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: the desk of Donald J. Trump, which you can visit 296 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: by going to Donald J. Trump dot com. President Trump 297 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: is wisely using his own platform to release his statements. 298 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: Here's what he posted on May fifth, in response to 299 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: Facebook quote. What Facebook, Twitter and Google have done is 300 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country. Free 301 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: speech has been taken away from the president of the 302 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: United States because the radical left lunatics are afraid of 303 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: the truth. But the truth will come out anyway, bigger 304 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: and stronger than ever before. The people of our country 305 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: will not stand for it. These corrupt social media companies 306 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: must pay a political price and must never again be 307 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: allowed to destroy and decimate our electoral process. Thank you 308 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: for listening. You can read about big tech versus free 309 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: speech on our show page at newtsworld dot com. Newtsworld 310 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: is produced by Gaining Rich three sixty iHeartMedia. Our executive 311 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: producer is Debbie Myers, our producer is Garnzi Sloan, and 312 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: our researcher is Rachel Peterson. The artwork for The show 313 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: was created by Steve Penley. Special thanks to the team 314 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: at Gingwich three sixty. 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