On Friday's broadcast of HBO's “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said he agreed with President Joe Biden's warning against oligarchy in his farewell speech, but he also criticized the Biden administration's efforts to force tech companies to censor speech. He said it was a little strange considering that.
Maher began by saying that he thought Biden was right, referring to all the technology people scheduled to be guests at President Trump's inauguration, joking that all of them attended because they “wanted to stick to the elites.” said.
Republican strategist Erin Perine said President Biden's rhetoric is strange because Democrats say “both the President Biden White House and the Biden campaign have asked these social media companies for conversations, articles, articles about Hunter Biden's laptop. , because when they were pressuring people to rein in their push, they didn't care at all about extreme influence.'' They looked back at what they didn't like about the coronavirus. ” And Maher agreed.
Maher then said: “I agree with you about free speech. I think I'm with you. Zuckerberg, cynics say he's done a 180 on free speech. –And maybe they're right–“
After recounting how Zuckerberg said he was pressured by Biden officials to censor, Maher added, “I think it's possible, but he's a pretty young guy and the first person brought in.'' He went and was like, “Because I think his basic instinct is to start something.'' He used to be a free speech guy, and now he's like, “Yeah, so what?” I should have resigned myself to it. ”
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