Trump White House Implements Executive Order on Online Censorship: Prevents Tech Giants from Altering Users’ Free Speech – Demands Transparency of Moderation Practices

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On Wednesday Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Apple’s Tim Cook testified before Congress in the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.

Since 2016 and the election of Donald Trump the tech giants have been censoring and banning conservative voices online. The Gateway Pundit has been a huge target of these liberal tech giants.

Of course, the CEOs dismissed allegations that they are targeting and censoring conservative users despite ALL of the evidence to the contrary.

Now This…

On Wednesday afternoon the Trump White House published their executive order on online censorship. The EO prevents social media giants from altering or editorializing free speech.

The executive order also demands the social media giants provide transparency requirements for their moderation practices!

Via The Trump White House:

On Monday, the Department of Commerce, as directed by President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, filed a petition to clarify the scope of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The petition requests that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) clarify that Section 230 does not permit social media companies that alter or editorialize users’ speech to escape civil liability. The petition also requests that the FCC clarify when an online platform curates content in “good faith,” and requests transparency requirements on their moderation practices, similar to requirements imposed on broadband service providers under Title I of the Communications Act. President Trump will continue to fight back against unfair, un-American, and politically biased censorship of Americans online.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/huge-trump-white-house-implements-executive-order-online-censorship-prevents-tech-giants-altering-users-free-speech-demands-transparency-moderation-practices/

China's Military "Will Definitely Retaliate" If Trump Stages October Surprise: State-Run GT

China's English language state-run Global Times, which often serves as an unofficial foreign policy arm of Beijing signaling the communist government's intent and messages to the West, has issued a new article along with tweets saying the People's Liberation Army (PLA) stands ready to 'retaliate' amid rumors the US could launch attacks on Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

The publication strongly suggested that soaring tensions with China will be used of Trump to facilitate an October surprise. It began by saying that "Chinese experts said on Tuesday that China could be restrained on retaliating to new US provocations on politics, diplomacy or economy, because Chinese policymakers will not let the Trump administration use them for his reelection, and will wait for the presidential election result to decide how to respond."

"However, if Washington launches military provocations to challenge the bottom line of China's national security and sovereignty, China will make immediate and effective retaliations. Experts said whether or not the two major powers can avoid military conflict in the next three months depends on the White House, and China needs to make its deterrence 'more visible' to warn the US about how dangerous a war could be," Global Times wrote.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/state-newspaper-warns-china-will-definitely-retaliate-if-trump-stages-october-surprise

Speaker Pelosi Orders Mandatory Mask-Wearing On House Floor

Following the announcement that Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas), who reportedly was rarely seen wearing a mask in the halls of Congress, that he has tested postive for COVID-19, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on a call Wednesday evening that she will require masks to be worn on the floor of the House.

“Members and staff will be required to wear masks in the halls of the House," she says, adding she can direct House sergeant-at-arms to tell members to leave if they aren't wearing one.

Given Dr. Fauci's comments earlier today - and his name is apparently holy writ - we wonder how long before goggles and masks are mandatory in the House?

We note that Mitch McConnell has since said that he believes "a Senate mask mandate appears unnecessary."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/speaker-pelosi-orders-mandatory-mask-wearing-house-floor

TikTok CEO Defends Video-Sharing App's Importance In Open Letter Following Potential U.S. Ban

TikTok has faced quite a bit of controversy in recent months as President Donald Trump's administration has considered banning the Chinese-owned app in the U.S. amid an escalating trade war with the country. In response, TikTok's CEO, Kevin Mayer, defended the video-sharing app in an open letter released Wednesday.

In the new post, titled "Fair competition and transparency benefits us all," Mayer discusses the various benefits that he believes the app brings to both users and the overall tech landscape. After stating that "innovation is one of the defining characteristics of a competitive market," the ByteDance Ltd. COO added that TikTok has been a way to introduce millions of users to new music, including Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," and other now-viral videos, such as Curtis Roach's "Bored in the House."

READ: President Donald Trump's Potential TikTok Ban Forces Influencers To 'Fear' What's Ahead

Mayer's letter then took a more serious turn as it addressed the scrutiny that the company has faced due to its Chinese origins, saying that they are continuously working to provide "greater transparency and accountability."

Continuing, Mayer discussed what he believes to be TikTok's importance in the overall business world. After stating that American advertisers would be left with "few choices" without the app's presence, he said that he believes competition "would dry up and so too with an outlet for America's creative energy."

Moving forward, Mayer said both and the company remain committed to ensuring that the platform is a safe and secure platform for all users.

He concluded, "TikTok has become the latest target, but we are not the enemy. The bigger move is to use this moment to drive deeper conversations around algorithms, transparency, and content moderation, and to develop stricter rules of the road. We are taking the first step of many to address these concerns, and call on the industry to follow our lead for the benefit of users and creators everywhere."

https://www.ibtimes.com/tiktok-ceo-defends-video-sharing-apps-importance-open-letter-following-potential-us-3018960

Ocasio-Cortez Gets Hysterical About 'Unmarked' Police Vehicle Arresting Wanted Criminal

It must be exhausting for radicals to be always outraged about everything. I don’t know about you, but it would get real boring real quick to have to respond to everything that happens in American society as if the world were teetering on the brink of destruction.

Me? I’d just say “Let the world blow up” and then get back to my grilled cheese sandwich. So I guess I don’t have what it takes to be a serious, committed activist/revolutionary.

The New York City Police Department is being accused of kidnapping an innocent woman off the streets and tossing her into an unmarked SUV. It outraged the ACLU. It outraged Black Lives Matter.

And it outraged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who got the vapors because, well, the ACLU apparently said to get hysterical.

The Hill:

“This is not a drill. There is no excuse for snatching women off the street and throwing them into unmarked vans,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote, retweeting a post from the American Civil Liberties Union that showed footage of the encounter.

The first-term congresswoman added: “To not protect our rights is to give them away. It is our responsibility to resist authoritarianism.”

“Our civil liberties are on the brink,” she wailed. Meanwhile, the ACLU made it “Breaking News.”

BREAKING: We’re receiving reports that at least one protester was abducted off the streets today by unmarked “officers” — this time in New York City. These dangerous, abusive, and indefensible actions must stop. Law enforcement must be held accountable.

If you listen closely you can almost hear the jackboots echoing off the ancient cobblestones of New York City. Well, maybe not cobblestones. And they aren’t ancient. But AOC can hear them and she is sounding the alarm.

Imagine this happening in our greatest city?

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/29/ocasio-cortez-gets-hysterical-about-unmarked-police-vehicle-arresting-wanted-criminal-n727152

Execution Rescheduled for Federal Inmate Convicted of Brutally Murdering a Grandmother and her Nine-Year-Old Granddaughter

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/execution-rescheduled-federal-inmate-convicted-brutally-murdering-grandmother-and-her-nine

Rep. Greg Steube Grills Google CEO Sundar Pichai over Deletion of America’s Frontline Doctors Video

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai today over the removal of footage from a recent press conference held by the organization America’s Frontline Doctors. Steube argued, the videos are “free expression of speech and you have these doctors who are giving their opinion as doctors.”

Appearing via video link before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was questioned by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) about the company’s removal of footage from a recent press conference held in Washington D.C. by an organization called America’s Frontline Doctors.

Breitbart News recently reported that the Masters of the Universe quickly censored a live stream published by Breitbart News of a press conference held in Washington D.C. by the group America’s Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) was featured at the event and doctors at the event shared their views on the coronavirus pandemic and the medical community’s treatment of the virus.

Breitbart News’ footage of the press conference on Periscope, Twitter’s livestreaming platform, had generated 1 million views before being removed by the site. Footage on Facebook had accumulated over 17 million views within 8 hours and had 185,000 concurrent viewers at the time it was streamed. On YouTube, a clip from the event received 80,000 views before being removed by the platform for “violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”

Discussing the removal of the video, Steube said to Pichai: “Mr. Pichai, there are rioting groups that are going unchecked with the posting of what I would contend is very violent video, yet yesterday a video about doctors discussing Hydroxychloroquine and discussing the not dangers of children returning to school, and when I clicked on the link it was taken down and then I was sent a different link on YouTube and it was taken down, and I just checked again to make sure and it says ‘this video has been removed for violating YouTube’s community guidelines’. How can doctors giving their opinion on a drug that they think is effective for the treatment of COVID-19 and doctors who think it’s appropriate for children to return back to school violate YouTube’s community guidelines when all these videos of violence are posted to on YouTube?”

Pichai replied: “Congressman, we believe in freedom of expression and there is a lot of debate on YouTube about effective ways to deal with COVID and we allow robust debate, but during a pandemic we look to local health authorities so for example in the U.S. it would be the CDC, for guidelines around medical misinformation in a narrow way which could cause harm in the real world and so for example if there is aspects of a video and it explicitly states something could be a proven cure and that doesn’t meet CDC guidelines, we would take that down.”

Steube countered: “But it’s free expression of speech and you have these doctors who are giving their opinion as doctors and I don’t understand why YouTube and therefore Google thinks its appropriate to silence physicians and their opinion of what can help and cure people with COVID-19.”

Breitbart News has been covering today’s hearing in detail, follow our live thread here.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/07/29/rep-greg-steube-grills-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-over-deletion-of-americas-frontline-doctors-video/

Matt Gaetz: Google Using ‘Market Dominance’ in Search to Engage in ‘Election Interference’

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday on big tech and antitrust that Google is using its “market dominance” in search to engage in “election interference,” such as censoring Breitbart News and other conservative outlets.

Gaetz asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai about the company’s alleged manipulation of its search algorithm to censor conservative voices. After questioning Pichai, the Google CEO admitted that the search giant allows for manual manipulation of its search algorithm.

Gaetz cited Breitbart News’s Allum Bokhari, who wrote on Tuesday that Google purged Breitbart News from its search results and that Google had diminished Breitbart News search visibility by 99.7 percent.

Gaetz said that conservatives outlets such as The Daily Caller, Breitbart News, and the Western Journal appear to have been particularly targeted, and subsequently lost search visibility on Google. He charged that this manipulation of its search engine amounts to “election interference.”

Gaetz charged:

You said somethign today different than you did with Ms. Lofgren, you confessed that there is a manual component to the way in which you blacklist content. It seems to be no coincidence that sites like Gateway Pundit, the Western Journal, American Spectator, Daily Caller, and Breitbart that receive the ire or the negative treatment as a consequence of your manual tooling. And it also seems noteworthy that whistleblowers at your own comapny have spoken out. You said that one of the reasons you maintain this manual tool is to stop election interference, I believe it is in fact your company that is engaging in elction interference.

“You’re using your market dominance in search to accomplish that election interference,” Gaetz added.

Pichai responded, “I strongly disagree with that characterization.”

“We don’t approach this work with any political viewpoint. We do that to comply with law, known copyright violations, very narrow circumstances and we have to do that to comply with the law, and in many cases, those requests come [from] law enforcement agencies,” the Google CEO said.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/29/matt-gaetz-google-using-market-dominance-in-search-to-engage-in-election-interference/

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