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Acceptable bounds of behavior? i think they need transparent rules around the safety of individuals. and to enforce that in a vigorous and, again, transparent way. but i don't think we should rush into the idea that the best way to deal with people like alex jones is to have them disappear off the internet. i don't think that solves root problems we're dealing with. >> one thing we've also been grappling with here is, frankly, the speed with which these technologies have been invented and how that can lead to unintended consequences. i want to read from a memo that you wrote to your colleagues...

Content policies are a really difficult area and when it comes to alex jones, the focus has been rightly so on his naming of individuals he disagrees with and kind of sending his followers after them and i do agree the platforms have a responsibility to make sure they're not used for these threatening messages to be put out. but i also think we have to be really careful here. these companies are incredibly powerful. some of them are approaching $1 trillion in market capitalization. i don't think it is a good outcome at this time would be to have the massive tech companies effectively operating...

i think it's an economic issue. i think if you look -- i'm not going to absolve the democratic leadership in chicago and it's been that way for decades, their responsibility for not addressing root problems and, in fact, exacerbating them. the public sector unions in chicago run that city and they run it corruptly, and they deprive communities of color of the resources that they need, that would-- >> couldn't you make that argument in other cities, too? >> i would make that argument in other cities, but when you look at these communities and when i was growing up in the chicago area, the ro...

Says guess what, none of these make bit of difference. even if would it validate your point of view. yo aren't e wil to have study. that gives you, that's a whole different level of dysfunction at the top of ourovernment have facts that may prove you right. there's something wrong with that. >> i'll push back on this a bit. n't thin that secretary devos said they won't look at it. i think she will look at things under their control.gun violenc schools. so is mental health preparedness. mental health awareness, funding, bullying. there are lots of root problems that need to be studied to figure...

And worn that. she said we won't study it. now, listen. that means -- and comprehensive clear headed study. none of the gun regulations make a bit of difference. dent don't do them. he study would validate your point of view. you aren't willing to have the study. that gives you whole different level, of dysfunction. at the top of government. where you won't even, want to have facts that may prove you right. something wrong with that. >> look, guys. i mean, push back on this. a bit. i don't think secretary devos. take a look at things under their control. the gun violence. obviously a huge issu...