Are Google and Twitter Aiding Terrorists?, Parody & Qualified Immunity, America as the “Land of Opportunity”

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Mike & Jay open this supporters exclusive midweek episode with a discussion of oral arguments in two recent Supreme Court cases in which it’s argued that the companies aided and abetted terrorist acts. The guys discuss whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects the companies from civil liability, and if they’re potentially guilty of violating antiterrorism laws by knowingly providing assistance to terrorist groups. After that, they turn to a domestically-focused case the Supreme Court declined to year about government retaliation for a parody site that embarrassed the Parma OH police department. Following that is the next in their American Greatness series, this week focusing on the United States as the “Land of Opportunity”. They close by addressing listener questions on the 2024 presidential race. The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	atheist agnostics, long-haired, weirdos, short-haired widows, vandal,
0:05.6	Gula.
0:05.8	I'm the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government,
0:11.9	hug the government, hug the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:17.7	I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.
0:22.1	I'm joined today by my conservative counterpart, Cleveland area attorney and defender of
0:26.5	freedom, Jay Carson. Hey, Mike. Hey, Jay, how you doing? I'm good. I'm good, too. So that's good.
0:34.3	All right. So, I don't know, it just seemed kind of like a downture. On the regular show, you know, you don't normally have a thing, but it was just like
0:40.8	there wasn't a thing.
0:42.1	And I've come to count on that.
0:44.1	And I'm just fine myself disappointed.
0:47.0	I'm sorry.
0:47.3	But that, that's okay.
0:48.7	I'm used to being let down by the world.
0:51.3	Anyway, so let's get into it.
0:58.4	There are a number of things we wanted to talk about on this midweek show.
1:05.2	The first being a Supreme Court case, actually sort of two related cases,
1:09.6	Gonzalez versus Google and Twitter versus Tomna. In both cases, it's being alleged that social media companies
1:14.7	aided and abetted terrorism by knowingly providing terrorist organizations a platform to communicate
1:22.3	and to recruit. In each of these cases, that the people bringing the cases argue led to the death of these
1:28.6	individuals. And the main thing that distinguishes these cases is that in the Google case,
1:34.8	the key question is whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides Google
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