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As Congress gets ready to ask Google & Facebook execs about how their companies fueled a rise in white nationalism & racism, I encourage members to ask about proactive (versus reactive) measures to stop it and whether the companies feel an overarching responsibility to the truth.
Also, when GOP-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee looks into how tech cos. have allegedly enabled an anti-conservative bias, we can ignore their likely heavy use of word "censorship." Only govt. can censor. Companies have the right to do biz (or not) with whomever they want.
If a racist, conspiracy theory spewing loon wanders into Nordstrom and security shows him the door, that's not censorship—right? That's a company choosing to keep its customers safe. Same for Facebook and Google. Companies don't owe anyone a platform. They don't owe us speech.
