The main issue as I see it that the Politicians failed to bring up in questioning is this:
What is your main form of business revenue..... answer: Advertising
Do you do a good job for you clients... answer: Yes
What does advertising do? Persuades
Do you believe we rightly have campaign finance caps/laws in this country?
Are you by giving out your product for free or for better quality to one candidate over another essentially making a campaign contribution?? Is the amount of help you are giving in violation of an entire host of campaign finance laws??
Forget the section 230 or whatever, that's obvious they are publishers, the real immediate crime is campaign finance violations.
The same could be said about every influencer out there. They charge businesses for endorsements and tweets - they advocate on their platforms politically they need to register those as in-kind campaign contributions. The same way a housing developer can't build a deck for a politician or other service for free.
The main issue as I see it that the Politicians failed to bring up in questioning is this:
Forget the section 230 or whatever, that's obvious they are publishers, the real immediate crime is campaign finance violations.
The same could be said about every influencer out there. They charge businesses for endorsements and tweets - they advocate on their platforms politically they need to register those as in-kind campaign contributions. The same way a housing developer can't build a deck for a politician or other service for free.
This is such a good reply.