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President Joe Biden's selection to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Jessica Rosenworcel, has a track record that suggests she is unlikely to help him overhaul a controversial law that gives social media platforms legal immunity for content moderation decisions.

Biden has expressed an interest in both repealing and reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects social media companies such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter from being sued for content posted by their users, toward the goal of empowering regulators to crack down on misinformation and disinformation.

The FCC has some jurisdiction over Section 230, but Rosenworcel has said she doesn't believe the agency should play a role in moderating or censoring content.

"While social media can be frustrating, turning this agency into the president's speech police is not the answer," Rosenworcel said in July 2020 in relation to a Trump administration petition asking the commission to develop rules to stop social media platforms from censoring content under Section 230.

Earlier this year, Biden revoked Trump's order for the commission to review the law.

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Liberal scholars of internet and tech policy say that it's highly unlikely that Rosenworcel will change her mind regarding Section 230 now that Biden is in power and she runs the FCC.

"I would be shocked if she tried to change Section 230 now," said Eric Goldman, who heads the Santa Clara University High Tech Law Institute. "Because it would be a complete flip, a 180, from the position she took earlier, and it's a terrible idea for the FCC to weigh in on this issue."

Biden cannot revoke or amend Section 230 by himself, using an executive order or any other mechanism. Only Congress has the power to change the law.

Capitol Hill is divided, though, regarding how to solve issues related to content moderation, with Democrats focused on curbing the spread of misinformation and disinformation while Republicans are targeting what they say is rampant censorship of conservatives by the social media giants.

Despite bipartisan agreement to hold Big Tech companies more accountable for unfair and unclear behavior in regards to content moderation, the two parties do not agree on how to change Section 230 within Congress.

Conservatives say that the only way Rosenworcel would take action on Section 230 is if she's pushed into doing so by other Democrats.

"Biden wants to address the issues of misinformation and disinformation online, and his administration could put pressure on her to at least evaluate how she and the FCC could tackle that issue through 230," said Joel Thayer, a lawyer and telecommunications policy expert who worked for former Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.

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"But that seems like a long shot. It would be a total 180 that could only happen if she comes under big pressure from Biden," he added.

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Truth Social, the new social media platform that former President TrumpDonald TrumpCandidates sue after Pennsylvania county sent hundreds of ballots to wrong address Harris makes a final pitch for McAuliffe Overnight Defense & National Security Biden discusses Afghanistan, submarine deals in Europe MORE says he is rolling out, will combat censorship and the "self-righteous scolds and self-appointed arbiters" who Trump said decide what everyone else is allowed to "think, say, share, and do."

The ex-president, who was banned from Twitter after a mob of his supporters fueled by false claims about last year's election invaded the Capitol to stop the Electoral College vote certification, in a lengthy statement framed his effort as an attack on Big Tech and what he said was its censorship.

"The corruption of these platforms cannot be ignored," Trump said in a statement issued by Trump Media & Technology Group. "We have fallen far down the 'slippery slope' of censorship in our country, and the topics that Americans are increasingly forbidden to debate are among the most important issues of our day."

"This wildly aggressive censorship and cancel-culture is not only un-Americanit has direct, real-world consequences," Trump added.

Trump, who claimed he might be the "only person in America with the megaphone, the resources, the experience, and the desire" to create this platform, arguedTruth Social was a necessary step in the path to restoring democracy.

Trump remains the de facto leader of the Republican Party and is flirting with another run for the White House in 2024.

But his ability to drive news cycles and communicate with millions has been significantly altered by the steps social media companies took to remove him from their platforms after Jan. 6.

Five deaths were connected to the riot at the Capitol, which a special House panel is now investigating.

The moves by Twitter and Facebook to remove Trump has accelerated conservative criticism of Big Tech, which had already become a target for the right.

Trump, who repeatedly feuded with the media while in office, said his new platformwould "challenge the dominance of Big Tech giants and Big Media Bosses."

"For me, this endeavor is about much more than politics. This is about saving our country," Trump added.

Trumpannounced the creation of a new social media platformlast week. It is expected to have abeta launchnext month with a full launch to follow in 2022.In addition to the social media project, Trump Media & Technology Group announced it would also launch an on-demand video streaming service.

This story was updated at 9:41 a.m.

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When you eliminate people from making contributions to conversations because you disagree with their point of view, you are erasing the individuality that makes each person unique. There is a gross systemic problem rooted deep with liberal media to suppress conservative voices.

In the book 1984, by George Orwell there is a quote that perfectly fits this situation Dont you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.

Newspeak is a language that exists in the fictional world of 1984, simplifying language and restricting it so that those in power can control a persons expressionality. Thoughtcrime is the problem of individuals thinking incorrectly and the governments way of punishing them for their mistakes.

Although this world and language created by Orwell is fictional, many can draw parallels to current political circumstances.

The media often claims that there is no bias within telling news, which is absurd, considering that there is extreme negativity pointed towards one view, and assumptions made with no factual objectivity considering the opposite view.

When you choose to only present news on issues that are more liberal, giving no voice to conservative oneshow can you say that you arent biased?

How can you say you arent biased when assumptions are made to the extent of benefiting the liberal party? These assumptions are critically eradicated from those that present the opposite views. Not only is there a need for information for both perspectives, there is a desire from major media outlets, such as CNN, ABC, NBC, The New York Times, and HuffPost, to ostracize and condemn anyone that disagrees with them.

What generates from this type of rhetoric presented in the media creates a situation for conservatives to censor themselves or to be punished. Punishment is different in all situations, except a commonality of harsh treatment is involved in each faucet.

This often takes the form of cancellation. Cancelling means taking the livelihood of an individual simply because you disagree with their framework, the disagreement with how they see political ideology.

Im not saying that you have to agree with what is presented, all I am saying is that I should be able to state what I believe unapologetically. I shouldnt have to be afraid of losing what I have worked for, just for having an opinion that disagrees with the majority.

Limiting freedom of expression is what totalitarians do, in reality, what people do not see is that the people in power (media) are in control. They say neutrality, but in reality someone always has power.

Limit the voices although implicit, because no one will state it explicitly, takes your view and superimposes it on mine. In the end you remain in power, what youre saying is that only my voice matters.

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Sports journalist Robert Marawa and actor Tbo Touch have accused Channel O of censoring their interviews with MacG on Podcast and Chill via a tweet on 28 October.

On 27 October, MacG claimed that the interview with Tbo Touch fell victim to memory card data corruption.

Its with great regret and sadness that we have to announce that the long-awaited and overdue interview with Tbo Touch episode has fallen victim to memory card data corruption and as a result, some parts of the interview have been irretrievably lost, said Podcast with MacG in a statement.

He went on to say this is neither censorship or sabotage.

We have exhausted all efforts to recover as much of the data as possible. This is in no way an act of sabotage nor is it an effort to censor (mute) the remarks and/or statements made by our interviewee but rather regrettably the result of an unforeseen technical glitch beyond our control. Please accept our sincerest apologies, the statement continued.

The episode will be uploaded today at 15h00 @podcastwithmacg and our team has done everything possible to ensure that it is up to the standard that our chillers have become accustomed to, the statement added.

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After the statement both Tbo Touch followed by Robert Marawa accused Channel O of censorship.

My interview on #PodcastandChillWithMacG was censored and edited. I guess the Tbo Touch story will always be distorted. I will the rest of the story when the time is right! Big S/O to Mac & Sol for the recovery, wrote Tbo in a tweet.

If the @iamtbotouch interview was edited and doctored on the #podcastandchillwithmacg by ChannelO then I can safely tell u for free that my interview was viewed and rejected to be flighted by the almighty @ChannelOTV !!! CENSORSHIP!!!!!!, wrote Robert in a tweet.

Tweeps were divided between believing the data memory card storage issue and censorship. Take a look at what they had to say.

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PLANO, TXIn a purported effort to stop the rise of woke, leftist Critical Race Theory in the classroom, a local school district issued a decision Thursday censoring all of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain except for its copious use of the n-word. This move will allow educators to focus on the key elements of an American classic without fear of trafficking in the novels harmful themes of compassion and racial equality, said superintendent James Appelbaum, telling reporters that the school board had voted unanimously to excise the books dangerous lies about the cruelties of slavery and that a journey of self-discovery on the margins of society could lay bare the immorality and hypocrisy of white institutions. Weve heard stories about caucasian students that are ashamed of their own whiteness, or think of themselves as inherently inferior to students of color, and were hopeful that reading a racial slur dozens and dozens of times over again will help fix this pernicious misconception. Appelbaum added that the school board would next be considering a proposal to remove all of To Kill A Mockingbird except the section where the wrongfully-convicted Black man Tom Robinson is shot to death trying to escape prison.

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