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.
Ep 160 | Don’t Get Mad, Get Based | Guests: Hannah Cox and Brad Polumbo
Ep 159 | Five Reasons Not to Intervene in Ukraine | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
Ep 158 | We Were Right About Lockdowns Before It Was Cool | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
Ep 157 | The Mind of the Censor | Guest: Robert Corn-Revere
Ep 156 | Are Vaccine Mandates Constitutional? | Guest: Jenin Younes
Ep 155 | Conform or Be Cast Out | Guest: Logan Albright
Ep 154 | The Technocratic Emperor Has No Clothes | Guests: Brian McWilliams and Calum Nicholson
Ep 153 | The Christmas Special | Guests: The Free the People Staff
Ep 152 | Is There Any Limit to Government Power? | Guest: Robert Alt
Ep 151 | Congress Shouldn’t Rely on Courts to Do Its Job | Guest: Sen. Mike Lee
Ep 150 | How the Government Grinch Stole Christmas | Guest: Peter C. Earle
Ep 149 | What Do We Know About the Origins of COVID? | Guest: Matt Ridley
Ep 148 | Don’t Enable Corrupt Systems; Change Them | Guest: Corey Olsen
Ep 147 | Capitalism Is the Antidote to Poverty | Guest: Antonella Marty
Ep 146 | To Fix the Supply Chain, Get Out of the Way | Guest: Jon Miltimore
Ep 145 | The Real Cuba Is Not What Tourists See | Guest: Maria C. Werlau
Ep 144 | Outsmarting the Medical-Industrial Complex | Guest: Sen. Rand Paul
Ep 143 | The Biggest Threat to Liberty Is Comfort | Guest: Reed Coverdale
Ep 142 | The World Is Getting Better | Guests: James Harrigan and Antony Davies
Ep 141 | Why Won’t Anyone Talk About Natural Immunity? | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
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