{"id":1642621,"date":"2022-09-16T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642621"},"modified":"2022-09-16T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:49:55","slug":"biden-asks-congress-to-end-social-media-immunity-at-white-house-summit-on-hate-fueled-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-asks-congress-to-end-social-media-immunity-at-white-house-summit-on-hate-fueled-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Asks Congress to End Social Media Immunity at White House Summit on \u2018Hate-Fueled Violence\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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-asks-congress-to-end-social-media-immunity-at-white-house-summit-on-hate-fueled-violence%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=1642621&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--><p>Multiple initiatives to combat &#8216;hate-fueled violence,&#8217; racism, and extremism announced at summit<\/p>\n<p>At a summit at the White House on Thursday to address \u201chate-fueled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-violence\">violence<\/a>,\u201d President Joe Biden denounced white supremacists and\u00a0urged lawmakers in Congress to end special immunity\u00a0for social media companies.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also called on Americans at large to speak out against racism and extremism at the event, dubbed the <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedwestand.gov\/\">\u201cUnited We Stand\u201d summit<\/a>, which was attended by bipartisan local leaders, experts, and survivors of hate-based violent attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The event sought \u201cto counter the destructive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety, mobilize diverse sectors of society and communities across the country to these dangers, and put forward a shared, inclusive, bipartisan vision for a more united America,\u201d the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedwestand.gov\/\">said<\/a> on the summit event\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll forms of hate fueled by violence have no place in America,\u201d the president said at Thursday\u2019s summit, recalling various attacks, including a mass shooting at\u00a0Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in 2016, and another at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite supremacists will not have the last word,\u201d Biden said, without mentioning any other groups that have incited violence and hate in the United States in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Biden briefly mentioned the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when the U.S. Capitol was breached, saying that the event didn\u2019t reflect \u201cwho we are\u201d as a nation.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that the\u00a0United States has long had a \u201cthrough line of hate\u201d against minority groups and that\u00a0politics and the media have given it \u201ctoo much oxygen\u201d in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat said he wants Congress to\u00a0\u201chold social media companies accountable for spreading hate.\u201d The remarks received a standing ovation from attendees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m calling on Congress to get rid of special immunity for social media companies and impose much stronger transparency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a summit at the White House on Thursday to address \u201chate-fueled violence,\u201d President Joe Biden denounced white supremacists and\u00a0urged lawmakers in Congress to end special immunity\u00a0for social media companies. 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