Next up is @RepJohnShadegg -- asks @RealCandaceO if she was once a "liberal" (she says yes). Asks "what hatred have you had experienced" as a result of her being a conservative.
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Facebook witnesses promises to get back to Gohmert, whose time has expired. Now
@RepHankJohnson asking about@YouTube recommendation algorithms. Google witness says guidelines are being enforced but “fringe” or “on the border” content no longer recommended.Show this thread
Now @RepHankJohnson asking @facebook witness if action can be taken to prevent videos like Christchurch shooter’s from spreading on WhatsApp. Also asking how FB combatting bots, witness says FB recently passed “coordinated or inauthentic behavior policy,” says global networks...
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@RepKenBuck is asking@RealCandaceO why@TPUSA is described as “conservative” in witness list. Asks if her conservatism “triggers” people, she says “it does and Democrats hate me.” Now he’s asking her if she hates black Americans or white people. She says the fact that she...Show this thread -
...does not hate white people is a problem for the “Democrat Party.” Adds that
@RepJerryNadler definition of “purveyors of hate“ is “anyone who supports the President,” Dems want blacks to be dependent on government, takes shot at@AOC “southern drawl.”Show this thread -
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@RepKenBuck teeing up questions for@RealCandaceO to conflate being disinvites from speaking engagements with hate crimes. She adds that she has never heard anything racist from conservatives, Buck closes with “thank God we have you.”Show this thread -
I’m going to take intermittent breaks to keep my inbox of White House stuff from getting overwhelmed,
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@RepJerryNadler notes@washingtonpost story on racist trolling in livestream of hearing chat, another Rep (was it@replouiegohmert ) asks if it could be a “hate hoax.” Now@RepAndyBiggsAZ complaining about@RealCandaceO bio in hearing witness list.Show this thread -
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@RealCandaceO says “media and the left” have made it ok to attack her, accuses@RepJerryNadler of “anti-black bias” before accuses media of making violence against conservatives “an act of virtue,” complaining that Jussie Smollett hasn’t been condemned enough.Show this thread -
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@ZOA_National ) who repeats comment about feeling pain because@SteveKingIA was removed from committees butt@IlhanMN was not.Show this thread -
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@RepMcClintock who offers a soliloquy on the first amendment and how suppressing hateful speech strengthens it, quotes Churchill about dictators being afraid of words and thoughts.Show this thread -
“What we’re seeing across the world today is that it’s a very slippery slope between banning hate speech and speech we just hate,” says
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@RepMcClintock is suggesting that Section 230 of CDA only protects Facebook, etc if they are content neutral (a totally wrong interpretation of what 230 is). Asks if Facebook/Google are platforms or publishers. Facebook witness says FB errs on side of more speech but...Show this thread -
draws line at violence and stuff that would impact people’s safety. Google witness says “YouTube is a place where we want anyone to come and share their ideas,” says community guidelines are “politically neutral.”
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