Mara Gay: Companies Like Meta and Twitter Have No Responsibility for Disseminating Misinformation, Hate Speech

GAY You know Joe ░░░░░░░░ re making a powerful ░░░░░░░░ here that the law ░░░░░░░░ maybe just is out ░░░░░░░░ date I mean listening ░░░░░░░░ you talk about the ░░░░░░░░ you were thinking about ░░░░░░░░ when it was enacted ░░░░░░░░ reason enough you re ░░░░░░░░ the Internet has changed ░░░░░░░░ world has changed but ░░░░░░░░ is one of those ░░░░░░░░ of American exceptionalism to ░░░░░░░░ other democracies look at ░░░░░░░░ and say Well why ░░░░░░░░ t you figure this ░░░░░░░░ And one of the ░░░░░░░░ is we actually have ░░░░░░░░ very broad First Amendment ░░░░░░░░ And of course as ░░░░░░░░ journalist that s wonderful ░░░░░░░░ The problem here is ░░░░░░░░ the world has changed ░░░░░░░░ so to your point ░░░░░░░░ now you have companies ░░░░░░░░ are actually not journalistic ░░░░░░░░ that are disseminating information ░░░░░░░░ of it factual some ░░░░░░░░ it dangerous some of ░░░░░░░░ hate speech and they ░░░░░░░░ they essentially have no ░░░░░░░░ for the consequences of ░░░░░░░░ So we have this ░░░░░░░░ Right GAY central tension ░░░░░░░░ you know it s ░░░░░░░░ to get wonky We ░░░░░░░░ know what Section 230 ░░░░░░░░ here at the table ░░░░░░░░ you know for the ░░░░░░░░ sitting at home the ░░░░░░░░ is well what responsibility ░░░░░░░░ YouTube or Google or ░░░░░░░░ have if they re ░░░░░░░░ hate speech on their ░░░░░░░░ I think the average ░░░░░░░░ would say they should ░░░░░░░░ some but legally that ░░░░░░░░ a harder case to ░░░░░░░░ And and I don ░░░░░░░░ have an answer for ░░░░░░░░ but it s just ░░░░░░░░ say that I don ░░░░░░░░ think we can allow ░░░░░░░░ to go on as ░░░░░░░░ has where there s ░░░░░░░░ consequences and people can ░░░░░░░░ money in fact to ░░░░░░░░ point SCARBOROUGH Right GAY ░░░░░░░░ while disseminating this information ░░░░░░░░ is tearing the country ░░░░░░░░ and and by the ░░░░░░░░ providing disinformation and in ░░░░░░░░ cases has made us ░░░░░░░░ very endangered like with ░░░░░░░░ 6 So there s ░░░░░░░░ consequences to this and ░░░░░░░░ I hope that court ░░░░░░░░ that.”