Zurawik joined Brian Stelter on Sunday to discuss what Musk’s acquisition of the social networking platform would mean, and argued that the “biggest problem” with Musk’s personality was “how do we control the channels of communication in this country?” ». “In 1927 we had the law on radio, in 1934 the law on communications. Congress intervened. “We made rules,” said Zurawik. “The FCC was not great, but it still regulates the broadcasting industry. You can not use vulgar language and do all this with speech. “We’ve given Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk the equivalent of our airwaves or internet waves, and we’re in so much trouble because these guys believe in making money.” Zurawik commented on how Zuckerberg allowed Russian political groups to buy Facebook ads and wreak havoc in the 2016 election. “We can no longer think in this country!” “I’m serious! We do not have people in Congress who can make regulations that can make it work. I think we can look at Western countries in Europe trying to limit it,” he said. “But you need controls on that. You need regulation, you can not let these guys control speech in this country, otherwise we’re going to hell! We’re there. [Former President Donald] “Trump has opened the gates of hell and now they are chasing us!” Zurawik’s statements took to Twitter – where the clip has already garnered hundreds of thousands of views. The reactors were concerned about his support for “censorship” and regulated speech: They want “settings” and, of course, they intend to be the “regulators”. – Alberto Miguel Fernandez (@ AlbertoMiguelF5) May 1, 2022 Also not good for discussion: Hyperventilation for unknown future results – Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) May 1, 2022 I will continue to point this out: Leading activists and censors are activists for media companies – in part because they believe that only they can be trusted to speak out, in part to eliminate competition as they collapse. are explicit: – Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 1, 2022 The man in this CNN video is worried that the government is no longer in control of his speech. I think his views pose a greater threat to democracy than the technology companies he fears. – Conor Friedersdorf (@ conor64) May 1, 2022 I’m tired of these theocrats trying to push us through their religious beliefs – Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 1, 2022 If you believe that US speech codes should be similar to those in Europe, you are not in favor of the First Amendment. You are in favor of censorship. The American people are tired of being dishonored by dishonest media brokers. Because the regulation of social media is completely bad, regardless of where it comes from. – Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) May 1, 2022 The change from “oh out whining lol” to “twitter controls the conversation !!” in Dem the media did not even have a transition period. Instantaneous. – Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) May 1, 2022 @ Davidzurawik is a fascist. He is upset that someone who is not as left-wing as he can influence the news. – Dan Gainor (@dangainor) May 1, 2022 A journalism body that supports the regulation of speech is a journalistic body that will be willingly trapped in authoritarianism. – Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 1, 2022 See above, via CNN. Do you have a tip we need to know? [email protected]
