Podcast host Joe Rogan called out Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2019 proposal to regulate and oversee Big Tech companies.
During a Sept. 10 segment of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan warned that such proposals would restrict freedom of speech. “She was saying that she wants government oversight and regulation for social media. That's crazy!” Rogan exclaimed, responding to a 2019 clip of Harris.
The clip Rogan referenced is from a 2019 CNN interview during Harris’s first unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination, where she shared enthusiastically, “There has to be a responsibility that is placed on these social media sites to understand their power, they are directly speaking to millions and millions of people without any level of oversight or regulation. That has to stop.”
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Reuters fact-checked the video on Sept. 10, claiming that Harris “did not say she wanted to shut down X in a 2019 interview.” Responding to this fact-check, Rogan argued, “There is no way to misconstrue that. Oversight and regulation for free speech is ridiculous.” He clarified further, “She is essentially saying, ‘Why should they have different rules for Facebook than they do for Twitter.’ Like, what rules? We don't have rules. We have First Amendment rights of free speech.”
Rogan warned the audience about Harris’s baffling proposal, “Whatever she was saying right there is not what you want to hear from somebody, you don't want to hear they're going to censor social media.”
Later in the podcast, Rogan called out the apparent hypocrisy of forcing Big Tech platforms to censor Americans, stating, “So what are you saying then? It’s okay If your side says things that aren't true and you can regulate in a way that’s not based on fact or reality, but based on a result that you want to take place and that’s fine. So we don't have freedom of speech.”
In the reference, Harris was asked about the discussion revolving around the removal of then-President Donald Trump from Twitter. She urged the government to police free speech, particularly on social media platforms.
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