Big Tech Bending the Knee

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta discuss Big Tech bending the knee ahead of the incoming Trump administration and Trump's deranged press conference where he threatened our allies. This and more on the podcast that helps you, the 54% of the country that votes for progress in every election, convince your conservative friends and family members to join our majority. This is Majority 54! Find your corner office comfort. Head to https://rhone.com/majority and use code MAJORITY to save 20% off your entire order! Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/majority for your personalized hair loss treatment options. Majority 54 is a MeidasTouch Network production. Theme music provided by Kemet Coleman. Special thanks to Diana Kander. Majority 54 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/majority54 Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonKander Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonkander/ Ravi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviMGupta Ravi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravimgupta Ravi on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RaviMGupta Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	Bezos is bending the knee, Cook and Altman are given big dollars to the inauguration. Big tech
0:38.2	seems to be going maga or are they just playing nice? What are we to make, by the way, of the Trump
0:42.6	foreign policy announcements? Should we spend any time talking about this Greenland nonsense?
0:48.2	Finally, we're going to discuss the epidemic of American loneliness and how it's playing out in our
0:52.6	politics. Welcome back to the podcast for the 54% of Americans who regularly vote for progress in
0:57.8	every election and want to convince their friends and family members to join our majority.
1:01.4	This is Majority 54.
1:03.0	Well, let's get right to it.
1:05.8	Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement yesterday about fact checking on meta platforms. Right. Breaking news, just moments ago, Facebook announced it is getting rid of fact checkers and also making major changes to what content is allowed.
1:20.6	This is just the latest move as Facebook's parent company meta and founder Mark Zuckerberg work to very publicly win favor with Donald
1:28.4	Trump.
1:29.3	The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing
1:35.4	speech.
1:36.4	So we're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies,
1:42.2	and restoring free expression on our platforms. More specifically,
1:46.6	here's what we're going to do. First, we're going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them
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