Democratic lawmaker says Twitter censorship went too far: 'Simply not what we do in this country'
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., blasted new "Twitter Files" revelations exposing "blacklisting" of certain tweets and users and expressed support for Elon Musk's transparency.
RO KHANNA: It's problematic… they're effectively a modern public square and they should not be engaged in censorship. Now, it's one thing for them to say, 'Don't put up sensational pictures of Hunter Biden.' I understand that. But to censor The New York Post? Look, The New York Post hasn't written a positive article about me, I think, in my six years in Congress. But I would never dream of saying shut them down or don't allow them to publish articles. I mean, that's the whole essence of democracy. And we need to stand up for the First Amendment.
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I don't think you want these sites to have anti-Semitism or racism. But my understanding is it's going beyond that. It's not just that they're taking down speech that is hate. And Elon Musk has said he wants to take that down. It's that they're censoring based on viewpoint. And that's simply not what we do in this country.