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The Daily Signal Podcast

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Targets Big Tech's Censorship of Free Speech

The Daily Signal Podcast

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Almost every day, it seems as though a Big Tech company has deplatformed another user. User content is blocked or removed continually. 


What is being done to hold Big Tech accountable for its actions? What is Section 230 in U.S. law, and does it need to be reformed? How can we protect both free speech and free markets? 


“These tech companies have become very destructive in so many different ways, and it is time for Congress to act on behalf of the American people, on behalf of parents, and on behalf of our children and the young generation," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., says. 


Rodgers, who leads House Republicans' task force on Big Tech Censorship and Data, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to answer these questions and explain what Congress is doing to protect Americans' free speech rights on social media platforms. 


We also cover these stories: 

  • Following face-to-face talks with Ukrainian counterparts in Istanbul, Turkey, officials on Tuesday, Russian officials announce a reduction in military operations near the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv. 
  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should resign over his wife's actions.
  • The Food and Drug Administration gives emergency authorization to a second booster shot for the COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna. 


Enjoy the show!



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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, March 30, I'm Doug Blair.

0:10.9

And I'm Virginia Allen.

0:12.8

Almost every day, it seems as though we learn about another social media user that has been

0:18.1

banned from a big tech platform.

0:21.1

But what is the answer?

0:22.5

Are there steps lawmakers need to take to ensure that free speech is protected on Twitter,

0:27.0

YouTube, and Facebook?

0:28.6

Today I sit down with Representative Kathy McMorris Rogers to discuss next steps to address

0:34.4

the failings of big tech companies.

0:37.6

Rogers leads the Republican House Task Force on big tech censorship and data and offers

0:42.5

perspective into what lawmakers are doing to try to stop so many people from being

0:47.8

de-platformed on these sites.

1:07.9

There may be some positive developments in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian

1:12.3

military.

1:13.3

Following face-to-face talks conducted in Istanbul, Turkey, between Russian and Ukrainian officials

1:18.8

on Tuesday, Russia announced it had reduced its military activity near Kiev and the city

1:24.8

of Shanieev.

1:26.3

Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomine said the move was aimed at increasing

1:31.4

mutual trust and creating conditions for further negotiations.

1:36.8

Both Ukrainian and American military leaders confirmed Russian forces had begun withdrawing

1:42.1

from those cities.

1:43.1

USA Today reports that lead Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the Ukrainian delegation,

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