{"id":1454554,"date":"2022-04-26T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454554"},"modified":"2022-04-26T16:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:14:39","slug":"democrat-senator-demands-algorithmic-justice-in-the-wake-of-elon-musks-twitter-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-demands-algorithmic-justice-in-the-wake-of-elon-musks-twitter-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Senator Demands \u2018Algorithmic Justice\u2019 In The Wake Of Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-senator-demands-algorithmic-justice-in-the-wake-of-elon-musks-twitter-takeover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240251659.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) demanded \u201calgorithmic justice\u201d in the wake of billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s successful bid to take control of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Markey argued that having a handful of billionaires in control of major social media platforms \u2014 like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram \u2014 was an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-view-host-claims-twitter-is-mostly-straight-white-men-who-will-use-freedom-of-speech-to-abuse-women\/\">unacceptable scenario<\/a> and called on Congress to act to restrain them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk and a handful of billionaires now have dangerous influence over the most powerful online platforms,\u201d Markey tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. \u201cThey can\u2019t be trusted, and self-regulation has failed. We must pass laws to protect privacy and promote algorithmic justice for internet users, especially for kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk and a handful of billionaires now have dangerous influence over the most powerful online platforms. They can&#8217;t be trusted, and self-regulation has failed. We must pass laws to protect privacy and promote algorithmic justice for internet users, especially for kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarkey\/status\/1518998477140856832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNew current thing just dropped: \u2018algorithmic justice,&#8217;\u201d Marc Andreessen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmarca\/status\/1519040044442406912\">commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cute how progressives dig up ever more adjectives to qualify \u2018justice,\u2019 none of which mean real justice. \u2018Algorithmic justice\u2019 = \u2018censorship,&#8217;\u201d @irishspy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishspy\/status\/1519039570809028608\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) pointed out the fact that, prior to Musk\u2019s purchase, billionaires already had control of social media \u2014 like Facebook\/Instagram\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut 2 days ago this influence from billionaires was fine?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But 2 days ago this influence from billionaires was fine? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iX3CmvbQ4t\">https:\/\/t.co\/iX3CmvbQ4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanBishop\/status\/1519023916689371136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI guess before yesterday everything was fine,\u201d communications strategist Tim Murtaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1519020877119201291\">agreed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington currently has dangerous influence over the most powerful online platforms. And Washington most certainly can\u2019t be trusted. So we should be very worried when they promise to pass laws, especially in the name of \u2018algorithmic justice,&#8217;\u201d the Wall Street Journal\u2019s Kimberley Strassel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimStrassel\/status\/1519021046606667776\">warned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the past 24 hours has spelled the failure of self-regulation?\u201d @neontaster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1519019427546681347\">asked<\/a>. \u201cLike literally what actually happened in practice? Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host Ari Melber had a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/parody-or-drunken-chutzpah-msnbc-host-dragged-for-complaining-musk-might-use-twitter-to-do-to-the-left-what-it-did-to-the-right\/\">similar reaction<\/a> during his Monday broadcast, asking what would stop Twitter under Elon Musk from stifling certain voices and amplifying others, particularly in an effort to drive certain political outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you own all of Twitter or Facebook or what have you. You don\u2019t have to explain yourself. You don\u2019t even have to be transparent. You could secretly ban one party\u2019s candidate or all of its candidates, all of its nominees. You could just secretly turn down the reach of their stuff and turn up the reach of something else and the rest of us might not find out until after the election,\u201d Melber said. \u201cElon Musk says this is all to help people because he is just a free speech, philosophically clear, open-minded helper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics immediately mocked Melber, noting that Twitter had been doing just that to primarily conservative voices for the past several years. Radio host Clay Travis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1518793469677948928\">noted<\/a>, \u201cMSNBC \u2018talent\u2019 suddenly realizes the owners of Twitter can rig the entire site. This is amazing to watch. Does he not realize all of this was already done to Republicans?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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