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The person chosen to oversee this board. >> objective of the board is to prevent disinformation and misinformation from traveling around the country in a range of communities. im not sure who opposes that effort and i dont know who this individual is. >> bill: can you explain to us how you understand it? what is it, who is on it, how do they work? >> administrative truth, a hallmark of any dictatorship and antithetical to american principles of freedom of speech. our entire democracy is based on...

Singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. elon musk — the worlds richest man — has bought twitter, in a deal worth $41; billion. in a joint statement, the two sides said they wanted to make the social media platform better than ever. elon musk said, "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and twitter is the digital town square, where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated...". he went on to say, "i also want to make twitter bet...

On monday to a $44 billion takeover offerfrom the billionaire elon musk. he says his main aim is to reduce censorship on the platform. in his latest statement he said, "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated". and here he is talking about it earlier this month. having a public platform that is maximum trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. ...

Elon musk offered to fully buy twitter so it can be transformed as a private company. musk just became twitters largest shareholder but says the social media giant needs to go private so it can better serve free speech. musk writes in part, "i invest in twitter as i believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and i believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy." >> im all for free speech so long as we have free markets that go into it ...

Messing around with how the votes are counted and getting rid of the non-partisan boards and sham audits. all of that is covered by our bill. it is a big problem. >> that was senator amy klobuchar who today argued that the time is now to pass federal legislation protecting the right to vote from suppression efforts by republican state legislatures. they will vote next week on the freedom to vote act and president biden will head to georgia to make the case for passing voting rights legislation. ...

Pennsylvania. over 40 times we went to court against the former president and his enablers and won every time in order to protect and preserve our democracy and respect the will of the people. >> the philadelphia inquirer asked five republican candidates about the 2020 election. only one acknowledged biden won. none would say if they would have certified pennsylvanias election results. talk about what is at stake in terms of electing a democrat that will stand for democracy. >> what is at stake ...

Much for coming to the last word. elected officials in arizona released a 93-page report debunking every claim made by the cyber ninjas in the sham audit and the cyber ninjas are shutting down. a similar partisan audit is still being pushed in pennsylvania, even if no fraud is found. has the damage already been done? >> no fraud was found here in pennsylvania. other than maybe a handful of cases where individuals were trying to cast an extra ballot for donald trump. what is happening here in pen...

Happened a year and a day ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general merrick garland vowed to take as long as it takes and whatever it takes. he is delivering. the department of justice charged more than 700 members of the trump mob and so far 75 sentenced and 36 receiving jail time including a north carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the capitol on january 6. today virginia spencer was sentenced to...

I am on the house judiciary committee and a former white house counsel chose to litigate the subpoena, we only got him in two years later. we need to make sure that the folks dont run out the clock. that is why we have to pass legislation on the inherent contempt bill allowing congress to enforce our own subpoenas. >> thank you both very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you john. >> coming up, a turning point on voting rights. president bidens speech thursday fulfilled many democrats long-s...

Up as well. either we believe in a democracy or not. the idea of making voting inconvenient or inaccessible to people on purpose, to gain advantage is not new. it is not new. but it is a problem whose ugly undersides, i think, are apparent for everybody to see. we have real reform legislation that moved through the house. it has the support of the american people. and it is stuck in the senate because people are hiding behind procedural rules and other excuses. i do think we need to dial up the ...