- Well these platforms areactually playing a dangerous

game because at some point,

the government is goingto step in and say,

we need to regulate you.

Just as we regulate everyutility that provides electricity

or water or sewer services.

Just as they regulate thespeech that occurs on broadcast

television stations, broadcast radio.

Or they'd be a whole federal bureaucracy

that is created in orderto police free speech

on these platforms.

I think we're headed in that direction,

primarily because of this kind of action

on the part of the platforms.

Now what they're doing isresponding to all the criticism

from the 2016 campaign,

how much foreign influencewas there in that election

and so they're trying to say,

well we're going to actively police now,

we're gonna actually policeall kinds of political speech

and they're viewingthis as political speech

that is differing fromwhat the health authorities

are claiming and saying,

well we're going to takeit down in the interest

of public health.

That may be a worthy goal but

it looses sight of freedom of speech,

and that's been a coreelement of American culture

since the foundation,

that it's in the free exchange of ideas

that the best ideas come to the surface.

It is in the free and opendiscussion and open debate.

The problem with thatfree and open discussion

in today's internet world is,

the lie can go around theworld before the truth

gets it's pants on so,

the correction never gets the same spread

if you will, as the original fake news

so, what do you do inthat kind of environment

and how do you ensure equalcoverage, if you will?

That's a problem and that's one the FCC

has debated for decadesand the equal time rules

and all of those things.

So where're we going?

Well I think we're goingto more federal regulation

of the platforms.

When that will happen, I don't know.

Congress seems to be really busy with part

of some politics and trynaget us through this pandemic.

I don't see any kind of billmaking it through anytime.