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Barack Obama Calls for More Censorship: First Amendment ‘Does Not Apply to Facebook and Twitter’

m.knox

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LOL..... @Nittany Ned2 is STILL confused who the authoritarians are..........

Obummer better be careful on his position. It will likely end up like Harry Reid's decision to "go nuclear.".............

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...st-amendment-does-not-apply-facebook-twitter/

Former President Barack Obama in a major speech on Thursday called for more regulation of social media content, in order to diminish “disinformation.”

The former president delivered a speech on the issue at Stanford University after spending months studying the subject.

He described himself as “pretty close to a First Amendment absolutist” but immediately clarified that it did not apply to social media companies.

“The First Amendment is a check on the power of the state. It doesn’t apply to private companies like Facebook and Twitter,” he said, calling for more “value judgements” on content moderation and censorship on social media.

“While content moderation can limit the distribution of clearly dangerous content, it doesn’t go far enough,” Obama added.
 
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