Mollie Hemingway: It’s a Threat When Big Tech Tells People What They Can and Can’t Say

RUSH TRANSCRIPT All right ░░░░░░░░ have one more topic ░░░░░░░░ have time for that ░░░░░░░░ final topic President Trump ░░░░░░░░ night also shared his ░░░░░░░░ on the current censorship ░░░░░░░░ with big tech Look ░░░░░░░░ social media A thing ░░░░░░░░ free speech rights You ░░░░░░░░ at Google Facebook Twitter ░░░░░░░░ other social media giants ░░░░░░░░ I ve made it ░░░░░░░░ that we as a ░░░░░░░░ cannot tolerate political censorship ░░░░░░░░ and rigged search results ░░░░░░░░ it can go the ░░░░░░░░ way also Cheers applause ░░░░░░░░ will not let large ░░░░░░░░ silence conservative voices Well ░░░░░░░░ focus on this from ░░░░░░░░ Trump and conservatives may ░░░░░░░░ having an effect With ░░░░░░░░ like this one from ░░░░░░░░ New York Times stating ░░░░░░░░ some Facebook employees are ░░░░░░░░ against the intolerant liberal ░░░░░░░░ You have written about ░░░░░░░░ in books and spoken ░░░░░░░░ this on college campuses ░░░░░░░░ west coast otherwise known ░░░░░░░░ the left coast overwhelmingly ░░░░░░░░ wing overwhelmingly probably voted ░░░░░░░░ Hillary This I think ░░░░░░░░ very scary So many ░░░░░░░░ fled to social media ░░░░░░░░ escape the bias of ░░░░░░░░ mainstream media And now ░░░░░░░░ discover this effort to ░░░░░░░░ of take people and ░░░░░░░░ them into digital non ░░░░░░░░ I mean one has ░░░░░░░░ go back to George ░░░░░░░░ to find out this ░░░░░░░░ of stuff going on ░░░░░░░░ A lot of people ░░░░░░░░ well these are private ░░░░░░░░ They should be able ░░░░░░░░ do whatever they want ░░░░░░░░ this is actually not ░░░░░░░░ If Facebook or Google ░░░░░░░░ to shadow ban blacks ░░░░░░░░ Latinos they would be ░░░░░░░░ down overnight But apparently ░░░░░░░░ conservatives they feel like ░░░░░░░░ s okay to have ░░░░░░░░ discrimination But I don ░░░░░░░░ see the difference between ░░░░░░░░ discrimination and discrimination on ░░░░░░░░ other basis INGRAHAM How ░░░░░░░░ of an issue is ░░░░░░░░ Everyone wants to talk ░░░░░░░░ it Everyone seems to ░░░░░░░░ an experience with it ░░░░░░░░ find Bing is the ░░░░░░░░ search engine The least ░░░░░░░░ in Bing For whatever ░░░░░░░░ that s what I ░░░░░░░░ discovered KURTZ It s ░░░░░░░░ huge issue because social ░░░░░░░░ is the new public ░░░░░░░░ And Facebook and Twitter ░░░░░░░░ have acknowledged that they ░░░░░░░░ a problem with instances ░░░░░░░░ bias against conservatives President ░░░░░░░░ and others on the ░░░░░░░░ are obviously going to ░░░░░░░░ out about this because ░░░░░░░░ can disappear if you ░░░░░░░░ t show up in ░░░░░░░░ search rankings or the ░░░░░░░░ topics or whatever But ░░░░░░░░ the same time I ░░░░░░░░ t think government regulation ░░░░░░░░ the answer So there ░░░░░░░░ to be another way ░░░░░░░░ Yeah Mollie we talked ░░░░░░░░ this earlier There s ░░░░░░░░ thought that given the ░░░░░░░░ of these corporations and ░░░░░░░░ is a public square ░░░░░░░░ This is the equivalent ░░░░░░░░ what we used to ░░░░░░░░ in the old town ░░░░░░░░ with people with a ░░░░░░░░ horn And so could ░░░░░░░░ be a movement to ░░░░░░░░ them more like public ░░░░░░░░ so they have some ░░░░░░░░ government oversight of these ░░░░░░░░ or would that open ░░░░░░░░ a total can of ░░░░░░░░ perhaps in the other ░░░░░░░░ at some point HEMINGWAY ░░░░░░░░ personally am not a ░░░░░░░░ of regulation as an ░░░░░░░░ to this situation but ░░░░░░░░ companies absolutely have sometimes ░░░░░░░░ market share The percentage ░░░░░░░░ which would make Standard ░░░░░░░░ blush They are cognizant ░░░░░░░░ they are going to ░░░░░░░░ the Government want to ░░░░░░░░ in Just because though ░░░░░░░░ re not governmental entities ░░░░░░░░ not mean they re ░░░░░░░░ threats to free expression ░░░░░░░░ the same way people ░░░░░░░░ mad when President Trump ░░░░░░░░ the media because they ░░░░░░░░ that s a threat ░░░░░░░░ free expression It s ░░░░░░░░ a threat when big ░░░░░░░░ is telling people what ░░░░░░░░ can and can t ░░░░░░░░