The war against Big Tech is in full swing. Republicans in Congress are attempting to pass the Restrict Act, a dangerous piece of legislation that would not only allow them to ban TikTok, the China-controlled social media app, but would also give them broad powers to regulate Americans’ speech online and silence dissenting voices. Matt Kibbe is joined by Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason Magazine, to talk about why this is a really, really bad idea. The beauty of the internet is that it has given us access to a multitude of voices and a diversity of opinion absent from the old network news channels. But there are those who want to take all that away in order to enforce a single narrative, whether it be about the policies surrounding COVID-19 or the war in Ukraine. Tech companies restricting speech is certainly a concern, but as we’ve learned from the “Twitter Files,” almost all of the worst examples of online censorship were performed at the urging of the FBI and other government agencies. The last thing defenders of free speech should do is give them even more power.
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Ep 208 | A Historic Fight for Speaker of the House | Guest: Rep. Chip Roy
Ep 207 | Leaving the Left for Liberty | Guest: Sienna Mae Heath
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Ep 203 | Liberty Republicans Outperformed the Party | Guest: Jack Hunter
Ep 202 | Why Do Tyrants Get Reelected? | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
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