Big Tech's Assault on Free Speech

[B00Mer]

Big Tech's Assault on Free Speech

Twitter's and Facebook's decision to block sharing of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden is an egregious act of censorship, but anyone surprised by it hasn't been paying attention. Even so, the solution to this form of intervention in online speech needs to come about in culture, not through regulation, True North's Andrew Lawton says.

Also, accountant Neal Winokur joins the show to discuss his new book The Grumpy Accountant, a call for a simpler approach to filing and paying taxes in Canada.

https://www.facebook.com/truenorthcentre/videos/386492442506154

 

[B00Mer]

Lawmakers hail DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google as 'long overdue'




https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lawmakers-doj-antitrust-lawsuit-google

 

[Serryah]

Private companies can do what they want.

Thought you were all for big, private companies?

 

[petros]

Private companies can do what they want.
Thought you were all for big, private companies?

You can do anything you want as long just dont get caught.

 

[B00Mer]

Private companies can do what they want.
Thought you were all for big, private companies?

Not if you are given special status under section 230 to behave in a fair manner as a telecommunications industry..

That's like Bell or Telus listening to your conversation and suddenly cut you off if you say anything negative about Trudeau.

 

[petros]

Excellent analogy.