The Rise of the Censorship Czars ft. Sohrab Ahmari
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
From Jack Dorsey’s bans on major publications to Mark Zuckerberg’s bidding for Jen Psaki, how did Big Tech grab the reins of our American political system? All too familiar with the work of the censorship czars, the New York Post's Sohrab Ahmari joins Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles in the studio to uncover the roots of Big Tech's quest to quash opposing voices and to break down the legal (and political) fights we will face in the days ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | Conservatives are finally fighting back in a tangible way against big tech censorship. |
| 0:05.9 | And as it so happens, we happen to have on this show the man who first put forward the legal theory |
| 0:11.9 | that is doing it and the man who was at the center of big tech's biggest censorship play |
| 0:18.8 | during the 2020 election. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. |
| 0:27.4 | Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz, joined as ever by Senator Ted Cruz, and we're |
| 0:31.9 | very pleased to be joined by So Rob Amari, op-ed page editor at The New York Post, and the author of The Unbroken Thread, |
| 0:38.9 | which is an excellent book that people should go read. |
| 0:41.3 | So, Rob, thank you for being here. |
| 0:42.5 | Thanks for having me, Jans. |
| 0:43.5 | So, look, I hate to say I told you so. |
| 0:46.2 | I hate it when we take a victory lap on this show. |
| 0:48.2 | Let's be honest. |
| 0:49.0 | There are a few things you love more than saying I told you so. |
| 0:51.3 | That might be true. That is true, in fact. And we can say it on this show because, I think you were the first one, and I think it was on this show, that we put forward the idea of how conservatives can using the law go after big tech, which is something very near and dear to all of our hearts. So how is it happening? |
| 1:11.6 | Well, that's right. |
| 1:12.6 | We talked about in an earlier verdict the theory that I thought big tech could be held accountable for. |
| 1:17.6 | And it turned out that the theory that we talked about is in fact the theory that is embodied in the class action lawsuit that President Trump filed against big tech. |
| 1:29.7 | And the theory is that they're violating the First Amendment. |
| 1:33.9 | Now, the challenge with that is the First Amendment doesn't apply to private companies. |
| 1:39.1 | The First Amendment begins with the words Congress shall make no law. |
| 1:43.6 | And so the First Amendment is binding |
| 1:45.7 | against the federal government. And through a process called incorporation, the First Amendment |
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