'War on Free Speech': Digital Giants Delete Thousands of Accounts as Purge Escalates
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- Conservatives claima big tech crack down
on free speech is taking place.
And they point out that many others,
including leftists and rogue regimes,
post threats of violence onTwitter with no consequences.
The list is growing.
Twitter took it's action Friday
to permanently suspendthe president's account.
Amazon Web Services took downParler, a Twitter competitor
and growing social mediahaven for Conservatives,
Google and Apple have also banned Parler.
The claim that Parleris partly responsible
for the capital assault.
The CEO maintains that's not true
because his platformdid not even have a way
to coordinate an event.
Ken Blackwell of theFamily Research Council.
- There's a real lack of consistency
by those big tech companies.
They are alleged to be neutral platforms
for the free exchange of ideas
and that any regulation thatthey have will be evenly
and fairly applied.
Well these are platforms that still allow
for dictators and tyrantsfrom other countries
to communicate their messages freely.
- [Mark] Former Homeland Security
Counter-terrorism Official,Elizabeth Newman, says,
"While these companiesshould be held accountable
"the current situation callsfor a different priority."
- Right now, we need to make sure
that we don't see another set of incidents
like we had last week.
Right now we need to calm the temperature
and get people focused onwhat happened January 6th,
let the investigation unfurl,
arrest the people that violated the law,
and then let's have a properdebate about section 230.
- [Mark] Media ResearchCenter President Brent Bozell
and other conservative leaders
want big tech companies broken up
after what they callsweeping acts of censorship
against Conservatives andPresident Donald Trump.
Bozell added, "Big tech hasdeclared war on free speech
"and is now an existentialthreat to democracy."
Meanwhile, Senator MarkWarner of Virginia calls
the United States Capitol a crime scene.
The likely chairman of theSenate Intelligence Committee
has also requested that telecommunication
and social media companiessave any evidence associated
with the quote "insurrectionist attack"
in order to bring writers to justice.
Mark Martin, "CBN News."