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Miraculously this letter appeared to save jos day and boy did it. the story was blacklisted by major media outlets and a social media algorithms for even mentioning you are marked, scorned or suspended from tech platforms. i like getting suspended from things but not tech platforms. you know what i mean? the rest is history. trump lost and now we have this. ♪ thank you for joining us as well. and for families across the country ♪ ♪ [laughter] ♪ [laughter] [applause] ♪ reminds me of tho...

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Political parties. to me that is completely uncontroversial. thats a state of the law in the united states because of our constitution. and when i defendedco one of the very few people who did, i was treated like a . you know, people saying a this freedom of speech is a fascist ideology and we dont want it here , which is so ironic given that the hallmark of actual fascistsfa is censorship, not free inquiryc or free discourse. and its even more ironic given that a lot of people on laughs who don...

-- covers political where she is a national correspondent, she joins me now. betsy, that announcement today took us a little bit by surprise. theres some talk about this happening. what do we know about this hearing thats coming up? >> what we expect is that this upcoming hearing which is set for next week is going to kind of zero in on the extremist groups that were responsible for the kinetic violence at the capitol building on january 6th. its been widely reported that this particular hearing...

Tech platforms would hand over information like that to, you know, some sheriff who came calling. >> well, right now theres no federal prohibition from them doing so. we know that there are a lot of companies who are saying that they wouldnt, that they are trying to do what they can to protect data. it shouldnt be up to the goodwill of individual companies. this is some of our most sensitive data, our reproductive and sexual health data, and its our job as a government to put in place protection...

Dangerous. not to expect anything more from our border czar. >> carley: kamala harris got a new job heading up new internet policy task force that is drawing comparisons to that now paused white house disinformation board. the goal of this new job is to make recommendations on government, school, tech platforms on how best to combat online abuse. she spoke about it yesterday. heres what she had to say. >> it with that spirit that we are doing the work we are doing today to convene and to gnawing...

Heading the white house task force to address online harassment. harris seems excited about the new gig. listen here. >> it is with that spirit that we are doing the work we are doing today to convene and t inaugurate this task force. thats the spirit in which we convene today and doing this work. >> the new task force already drawing comparisons to the infamous white house disinformation board which was scrapped over fears of government censorship. the goal of the task force is to make recommen...

When, laura harris and othe figures in the democratic party encouraged a mob in kenosha, wisconsin and the summer of 2020 , kyle rittenhouse decided to try to defend the city. a car lot. the police were not there. he worked in kenosha. his familys father lived there. he shows up and tries to get murdered. kyle rittenhouse defends himself . other people tried to kill him with a gun. for doing that, he is put on trial and charged with murder. he was acquitted. at the same time virtually ever news ...

Now youre competing with a range of social media platforms and tech platforms. some of the data, im looking here at some, the percentage of adults viewing at least 15 minutes of channel 4 on linear tv in an average week, as has declined the sharpest decline being amongst 16 to 24—year—olds. i mean, presumably thats not a surprise. no, i think its really interesting to think about how young people are viewing. so theres a recent la times report that said gen z is now watching 7.2 hours of vid...

Media companies the suspect allegedly used and broadcast from. joining us for more on this is cnn tech reporter brian feinman. we have seen this before, other shootings, posting the manifestos in advance, or live streaming, there is always talk about what changes that could be made technologically or legally. they dont happen and then another one happens. where does this all stand? >> jim, this big question right now about how to hold tech platforms accountable for the content that is on their p...