Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Social media is censoring conservative speech

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Marsha Blackburn warned Thursday that social media companies are censoring conservative speech and recounted for lawmakers her own experience last fall when Twitter blocked a video launching her campaign for Senate.

“This ban hit at the fundamental freedom to engage in political speech,” said the Brentwood Republican, who is running for Senate seat currently held by Bob Corker.

Blackburn was the first witness at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, which is examining the filtering practices of social media platforms.

Blackburn, who does not sit on the committee but was invited to testify, told lawmakers there are growing concerns about how and why Big Tech companies are making decisions to ban or otherwise filter legal speech online.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/26/rep-marsha-blackburn-warns-social-media-censoring-conservative-speech/551572002/

[Nitram]

1. No, they are not censoring conservative speech, they are censoring untruthful speech, lies, and

propaganda

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2. Bingo!

[workinclasszero]

3. Another idiot republiKKKan

So if I walk into a Chick-fil-A, stand up on a table with a bullhorn and start screaming that they are owned by a bunch of fake Christian Gay haters, that business has no right to stop me, is that it Marsha?

DUH!!!!

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5. she's down in the polls and scraping the bottom of the barrel for relevancy.

[workinclasszero]

6. Lord I hope she loses

big!

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7. Her opponent, Phil Bredesen was a popular mayor of Nashville and a popular Gov. of Tennessee

He has a good chance

[workinclasszero]

9. Yay!

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4. Sorry, there is no "fundamental freedom to engage in political speech" on social media

If your political viewpoint is so egregious that FB or whatever finds it offensive, they have the right to delete it. In fact, they should be doing much more of that. Here's your solution: Start your own private social media platform and spread the word to your small group of sycophants.

[workinclasszero]

8. The snowflake pubbies always get that wrong

I can, do and will always, censor right wing freaks like Marsha and her ilk!

And so can any mom & pop store or FB too!

FO if you don't like it right wing snowflake!

[Lars39]

10. Please share this pic far and wide....Marsha with neo-nazis identified:

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[workinclasszero]

14. Laura approves!

[Lars39]

16. Gah!

[EffieBlack]

11. Marsha Blackburn needs to thank God very day for Virginia Foxx

Because without her, Marsha would be the absolutely stupidest person in Congress.

[CurtEastPoint]

12. STFU, you 'image consultant.' GTFO. Sit down. Your time is nearly over. Twit.

[superpatriotman]

13. Then why do I hear everything that spews out of her sewer mouth?

[Snotcicles]

15. No Marsha that is hate speech, but it does rhyme with conservative speech. nt