Ro Khanna: Twitter and Facebook Erred in Suppressing Hunter Biden Story
Rep. Ro Khanna · Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale · Jan 14, 2022 · at 12:53
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna discusses tech censorship, online speech, and content moderation in conversation with venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale.
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“In fact, you know, in the book I write about how I thought it was a mistake for Twitter to take down some of this stuff about Hunter Biden or Facebook to do that. And I think that story was total hogwash. I think Joe Biden was unfairly attacked because of his son, but that doesn't mean that it didn't belong in the public sphere.”
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