Joe Collins has served in the U.S. Navy for more than 13 years. Last year he decided to enter politics and ran for the California House of Representatives, but unfortunately lost. However, his campaign ad received more than six million views. Recently, he expressed his views in response to the censorship of social media speech.
Southern California congressional candidate Joe Collins: “I think technology companies have too much power right now. They can pretty much do whatever they want and are protected by Section 230, which is never a good thing because it gives them the ability to take unethical actions.”
Whether the content is constitutionally protected or not, Section 230 protects social media and its users from liability for restricting content, including content that is pornographic, dirty, too violent, or deemed offensive.
Southern California congressional candidate Joe Collins: “A private company is a private company, and when you own a private company, you can choose to ban anybody from the company’s perspective; however, I don’t think a private company has the right to do that when those people are protected by the federal government.”
Collins also said tech companies are not upholding standards of free speech. And that media misreporting is a serious problem in the United States.
Southern California congressional candidate Joe Collins: “If one doesn’t like somebody, then the mainstream media has the ability to make them out to be the bad guy, as they have done for the last four years with President Trump, and many conservatives and Republicans, not necessarily impartially, and I think they should be fined for publishing false information. “
In the military, he said, they take an oath to defend the Constitution and the United States from foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to promote fair treatment of the American people.
S.C. congressional candidate Joe Collins: “But we took an oath to treat all Americans fairly, and that means that no matter what political views you have, you still deserve to be treated fairly, no matter what your religion or race is, and you know it’s about treating people fairly.”
According to Business Insider, Facebook and Twitter have lost a combined $51 billion in market value since they banned President Trump on their platforms.
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