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Biden Launches Censorship Programmes to Allow and Push
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Biden Asks Congress to End Social Media Immunity at White House Summit
on ‘Hate-Fueled Violence’

https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-asks-congress-to-end-social-media-immunity-denounces-white-supremacy-at-wh-summit-on-hate-fueled-violence_4734570.html

Multiple initiatives to combat 'hate-fueled violence,' racism, and
extremism announced at summit

At a summit at the White House on Thursday to address “hate-fueled
violence,” President Joe Biden denounced white supremacists and urged
lawmakers in Congress to end special immunity for social media
companies.

Biden also called on Americans at large to speak out against racism
and extremism at the event, dubbed the “United We Stand” summit, which
was attended by bipartisan local leaders, experts, and survivors of
hate-based violent attacks.

The event sought “to 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,” the Biden administration said on the summit event’s website.

“All forms of hate fueled by violence have no place in America,” the
president said at Thursday’s summit, recalling various attacks,
including a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in
2016, and another at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York earlier this
year.

“White supremacists will not have the last word,” Biden said, without
mentioning any other groups that have incited violence and hate in the
United States in recent years.

Biden briefly mentioned the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when the U.S.
Capitol was breached, saying that the event didn’t reflect “who we
are” as a nation.

He contended that the United States has long had a “through line of
hate” against minority groups and that politics and the media have
given it “too much oxygen” in recent years.

The Democrat said he wants Congress to “hold social media companies
accountable for spreading hate.” The remarks received a standing
ovation from attendees.

“I’m calling on Congress to get rid of special immunity for social
media companies and impose much stronger transparency requirements on
all of them,” Biden said, alluding to Section 230.

Publishers can be held liable for any content they post, while social
media platforms are protected by Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act, a federal law that shields online companies from
liability related to content posted by users. In particular, part of
the law states that “no provider or user of an interactive computer
service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any
information provided by another information content provider.”

The Biden administration has repeatedly called for revoking Section
230 and has also supported ramping up anti-trust and transparency
enforcement on technology companies, some of which currently allow
users to post anonymously.

The FBI said in 2021 that hate crimes in the United States hit a
12-year high in 2020, the latest available data. The Department of
Justice has said it would increase efforts to counter it.
Epoch Times Photo U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a keynote speech
at the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in
Washington, on Sept. 15, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Multiple Initiatives

The Biden administration on Thursday announced what appears to be a
plethora of initiatives from the public and private sectors to address
hate-motivated violence.

This included a $1 billion investment to be pushed by a group of
philanthropists called “New Pluralists” to have funders support a
10-year effort to “build a culture of respect, belonging and
collaboration in communities and organizations across America” and
“stand behind the essential work of courageous uniters, healers, and
bridgers.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced at the summit that all 94
U.S. Attorneys’ Offices would work on a “United Against Hate”
initiative over 2023.

“Earlier this year, our U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for Massachusetts, New
Jersey, and the Eastern District of Washington completed United
Against Hate pilot programs,” he said. “And today, I am pleased to
announce that this initiative will expand to 16 more U.S. Attorneys’
offices and will launch in all 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices within the
next year.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence is developing a website of “key reports and
resources on financing domestic violent extremism to help inform the
public and private sectors.”

“Treasury will also undertake strategic engagement with regional
financial institutions across the United States to discuss risks
associated with financing domestic violent extremism, and hold a
workshop with virtual currency firms on domestic violent extremist use
of virtual assets,” the Biden administration announced.
Tech Companies Act

The summit at the White House also featured announcements from four
tech companies—YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta—of actions they’re
taking to combat violent extremism online.

The Biden administration said that “but advancements in digital
technologies, including social media and other online platforms, have
also led to unintended consequences.” The unintended consequences
included “the spread of violent extremist ideologies and mobilization
to violence—for which the technology sector must bear responsibility.”

“Americans know how the internet can fuel hate, misogyny, and abuse
with spillover effects that threaten the safety of our communities
offline,” it added.

YouTube said that among other actions, it will remove “content
glorifying violent acts for the purpose of inspiring others to commit
harm, fundraise, or recruit, even if the creators of such content are
not related to a designated terrorist group.”

Meta, formerly Facebook, will engage in a new research partnership
with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies’ Center on
Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC). The research will
“analyze trends in violent extremism and tools that help communities
combat it.”

Twitch, a live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, is set to release a
new tool to “accelerate its ongoing commitment to deterring hate.” The
tool “empowers its streamers and their communities to help counter
hate and harassment and further individualize the safety experience of
their channels.” There were no specifics announced about the new tool.

The company will also be launching “new community education
initiatives on topics including identifying harmful misinformation and
deterring hateful violence,” the Biden administration announced.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is “expanding its application of violence
detection and prevention artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine
Learning (ML) tools and using gaming to build empathy in young
people.”

Microsoft has developed some AI/ML tools “that can help detect
credible threats of violence or to public safety,” and will make these
tools more basic and affordable so that schools and smaller
organizations can use them “to assist in violence prevention.”

Microsoft is also developing a “new experience” for Minecraft:
Education Edition—a game-based platform for creative learning— to
“help students, families and educators learn ways to build a better
and safer online and offline world through respect, empathy, trust and
safety.”