{"id":161187,"date":"2021-02-22T16:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=161187"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:14:10","slug":"biden-ag-pick-merrick-garland-doj-open-to-helping-craft-legislation-with-congress-to-combat-online-misinfo-incitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ag-pick-merrick-garland-doj-open-to-helping-craft-legislation-with-congress-to-combat-online-misinfo-incitement\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden AG Pick Merrick Garland: DOJ Open To Helping \u2018Craft Legislation\u2019 With Congress To Combat Online Misinfo, Incitement"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fbiden-ag-pick-merrick-garland-doj-open-to-helping-craft-legislation-with-congress-to-combat-online-misinfo-incitement%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=161187&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mg-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, said he wanted to look at possibly creating legislation to combat misinformation and incitement online in response to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>Garland made the remarks during his day one of his confirmation hearings on Monday where he was repeatedly asked about the riot and even mentioned in his opening remarks, saying, \u201cIf confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6th, a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said, \u201cI\u2019ll be serving as the chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law in this Congress and look forward to working with Senator Sasse who will serve as ranking member, one of the core things we\u2019ll be looking at is how online misinformation is contributing to domestic terrorism to division here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think the DOJ has a role to play in examining the role of misinformation and incitement online, to contributing to violence?\u201d Coons asked. \u201cAnd that the DOJ has a role in working to help us develop reasonable solutions to this challenge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, again, Senator, I think that every opportunity the Justice Department has to work with members of the Senate to think about how to solve problems and how to craft legislation is one that we should take,\u201d Garland responded. \u201cI don\u2019t have in mind particular legislation in this area, I do think that an important part of the investigation of violent extremist groups is following their activities online and getting an idea of what kind of information and misinformation is putting being put out. Well, I look forward to talking more about this with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CONFIRMATION HEARING: Sen. Chris Coons asks Attorney General-nominee Merrick Garland about his approach to racial justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6KaYk9H9nG\">pic.twitter.com\/6KaYk9H9nG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1363949181983985664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): I\u2019ll be serving as the chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law in this Congress and look forward to working with Senator Sasse who will serve as ranking member, one of the core things we\u2019ll be looking at is how online misinformation is contributing to domestic terrorism to division here. You\u2019ve discussed your own experience with domestic terrorism cases. And your plan to prioritize this issue. It\u2019s something the FBI director has said is one of our most pressing threats. Do you think the DOJ has a role to play in examining the role of misinformation and incitement online, to contributing to violence? And that the DOJ has a role in working to help us develop reasonable solutions to this challenge?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MERRICK GARLAND, BIDEN AG NOMINEE: Well, again, Senator, I think that every opportunity that Justice Department has to work with members of the Senate to think about how to solve problems and how to craft legislation is one that we should take. I don\u2019t have in mind particular legislation in this area, I do think that an important part of the investigation of violent extremist groups is following their activities online and getting an idea of what kind of information and misinformation is putting being put out. Well, I look forward to talking more about this with you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COONS: Well, there\u2019s increasing regulatory schemes both in Europe and in California and other states being considered. And I look forward to working with you on striking that appropriate balance between protecting data privacy, protecting individual liberty, but also protecting the competitiveness of the United States and globally, making sure that we\u2019re pushing back on digital authoritarianism. Last, I\u2019m glad to see the department is prosecuting. I think there\u2019s 235 charges brought so far against rioters who invaded the Capitol and attacked our democracy in January 6. I\u2019ve supported calls for a 911-style independent commission, to investigate the bigger picture of what caused this and what we might learn from it. Do you think an independent commission of that style would help complement the department\u2019s work and help the American people better understand the root causes of that riot that incident and then better help us both protect the capital and those of us who serve here, but more importantly, protect the underpinnings of our democracy?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GARLAND: Well, Senator, I do think the 911 Commission was very useful and very helpful in understanding what happened then. And of course, the the Congress has full authority to conduct this kind of oversight investigation or to set up an independent commission. The only thing that I would ask if I were confirmed, is that care be taken that it not the investment, that Commission\u2019s investigation not interfere with our ability to prosecute individuals and entities that caused \u2026 the storming of the Capitol, and as Well, no, this is a very sensitive issue about you know, disclosing operations which are still in progress, disclosing our sources and methods, and allowing people to testify in a way that then makes it impossible to prosecute them. So with those caveats, I certainly could not object to anything that the Congress would want to do in this regard.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, said he wanted to look at possibly creating legislation to combat misinformation and incitement online in response to the January &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273973,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mg-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden AG Pick Merrick Garland: DOJ Open To Helping \u2018Craft Legislation\u2019 With Congress To Combat Online Misinfo, Incitement","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mg-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden AG Pick Merrick Garland: DOJ Open To Helping \u2018Craft Legislation\u2019 With Congress To Combat Online Misinfo, Incitement","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}