PEOPLE TO MIX TOGETHER. NEXT QUESTION, STEVE BOTTARI. ADAM, THANK YOU. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GIVEN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN A LOUDER VOICE THE PUBLIC SPHERE. AT THIS POINT, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT WORKS WITH PLATFORMS LIKE FACEBOOK FILTER, WHAT IT CONSIDERS MISINFORMATION. AT WHAT POINT? ONE POINT THAT IS PROPOSING WHAT THEY CALLED A DISINFORMATION GOVERNANCE BOARD. MR. BURNS, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE PART OF DECIDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SEE OR NOT SEE AND SAY ON PRIVATE PLATFORMS? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH DISINFORMATION, WITH VACCINES. I MEAN, ON NEW HAMPSHIRE, CLOSE. MY OPPONENT WENT ON THERE AND GAVE DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE. SHE SAID THAT IF YOU TAKE THE VACCINE, YOU WILL NOT GET SICK AND YOU WILL NOT DIE. THAT’S INDICATING THAT IT WAS 100% EFFECTIVE. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WOULDN’T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE SHE CLEARLY MADE A MISTAKE WHEN SHE SAID SOMETHING SO RIDICULOUS THAT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT SHE COULD BE SUED, GO TO JAIL BECAUSE THE DISINFORMATION WHERE GOOGLE GOES HER. THAT’S SCARY. NOW I’M SORRY. WE HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. WHETHER YOU’RE RIGHT OR WRONG, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY THANKS. REPRESENTATIVE KUSTER, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE PART OF DECIDING WHAT PEOPLE SEE AND SAY ON PRIVATE PLATFORMS? ONLY IF IT’S VIOLENT? AND I THINK PART OF THE DISCUSSION REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE VIOLENT SPEECH. THERE WAS A STUDY THAT JUST CAME OUT TODAY ACTUALLY NINE OUT OF TEN AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE POLITICAL VIOLENCE. AND WE’VE HAD WE’VE HAD THE FBI. BY THE WAY, I WAS SO SURPRISED WHEN MY OPPONENT WANTS TO DEFUND THE FBI. I BELIEVE IN THE POLICE. I BELIEVE IN THE FBI. AND I THINK THAT THEY KEEP US SAFE. BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIOLENT RHETORIC AND THE THAT ARE ONLINE AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC AND WE NEED TO HOLD THESE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE OF VIOLENCE THAT IS BEING ENCOURAGED. AND, IN FACT, PLANNED ONLINE. OKAY. LISTEN, I’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF HATE FILLED EMAILS BECAUSE OF QUITE FRANKLY, MISLEADING, FALSE AND JUST CONSTANT REDDIT. RICK, FEARMONGERING FROM YOUR CAMPAIGN IN YOUR CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, YOUR CORPORATE BENEFACTORS THAT HAVE JUST PUT $10 MILLION ATTACKING ME AND THEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC THAT’S REALLY RICH COMING FRO

2022 Granite State Debate with candidates in 2nd District: Regulation of social media

Up to date: 10:40 PM EDT Nov 4, 2022

VIDEO: Rep. Annie Kuster and her challenger Robert Burns talk about whether or not they suppose the federal authorities ought to play a job in regulating speech on social media.

VIDEO: Rep. Annie Kuster and her challenger Robert Burns talk about whether or not they suppose the federal authorities ought to play a job in regulating speech on social media.