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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

FORMER BIGTECH SECURITY CHIEF CALLS FOR VERIZON, AT&T, OTHERS TO DEPLATFORM OAN & NEWSMAX

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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FORMER BIGTECH SECURITY CHIEF CALLS FOR VERIZON, AT&T, OTHERS TO DE-PLATFORM OAN AND NEWSMAX

Transcript

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0:00.0

Big Tech has figured out their next move and that is to make sure after the inauguration

0:07.3

that you and what you believe in disappears that you can be silenced no matter what.

0:17.8

That you can shut up no matter what.

0:23.1

That you won't be able to talk or have a platform.

0:26.7

The former Facebook security chief, actually this week called on the cable companies to

0:34.8

start silencing you saying that you are the problem.

0:42.6

These networks and what they say are the problem.

0:48.0

And if we can just start talking to these networks and get these networks to silence you,

0:53.6

then everything will be okay.

0:57.2

But the world post Trump is not about Trump anymore.

0:59.9

It's about silencing you.

1:03.1

Take a listen to the guy who is actually the former Facebook security chief calling for

1:09.6

Verizon, AT&T and others to de-platform actual news networks, OAN Newsmax and you guessed

1:16.7

it, Fox News.

1:17.7

And the capability of these conservative influencers to reach these huge audiences.

1:22.4

There are people on YouTube for example that have a larger audience than daytime CNN.

1:28.6

And they are extremely radical and pushing extremely radical views.

1:32.7

And so it's up to the Facebook's in YouTube's in particular to think about whether they

1:37.2

want to be effectively cable networks for disinformation.

1:39.9

And then we're going to have to figure out the OAN and Newsmax problem.

1:43.3

These companies have freedom of speech, but I'm not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast

1:49.2

and such to be bringing them into tens of millions of homes.

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