." >> host: harold feld of public knowledge, should alex jones be banned the from social media? >> guest: well, it's an excellent question. the -- and we have a couple of different ways we could look at it. one of the very clear issues is, okay, there's a user policy. it's very clear and up front. you're in a room, you're having a conversation, you break the rules, you start shouting things and interrupting, then whoever is running the conversation says, okay, you're making it impossible for us to have a conversation. we're kicking you out. but the other way to look at it which is equally important is increasingly we have everybody getting more and more news from some form of social media. and twitter is a particularly important platform in a number of ways even though it's not as big as facebook, but it has a lot of reporters, people follow it a lot who are political junkies trying to follow the elected representatives and others who participate in the conversation on twitter. and so there is a, an idea that we should tread very lightly when we are banning someone, particularly

roundtable discussion on social ,edia regulation and censorship public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. debate on whata little -- and is not a question of policy. we can have an ethical debate. think that will happen. it has beenfacebook extreme examples the watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> tomorrow, the anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks. on c-span, we will have remarks by president trump in pennsylvania. that is expected to start at nine: -- 945 eastern. that is due to start at 8:10 eastern. on c-span3, we will take you live at the pentagon starting 9:10 eastern time. we will re-air all the 9/11 memorial services tonight on the c-span networks. ♪

harold feld at public knowledge and public policy interest group. transfer is president of tech freedom, and other public interest group. gentleman will please come back. >> thank you. >> this year marks the 17th anniversary of september 11th terrorist attacks. here's a look at our coverage plans.

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tonight on "the communicators" -- a discussion on censorship harold feld. >> we can have a debate abouttwitter can do. it is not a political question. >> it is not a question of policy. we could have an ethical debate about that like we can have ethical debates about how we behave toward each other. >> a perfectly valid conversation. i would be upset if that were to happen. i do not think that what happened. twitter has been reluctant to take down uses. when they take people down, they use extreme examples come and the fact that the president has continue to be allowed to use the platform shows how much twitter has erred to have people use their platform. we are not heading toward a world in which people are regularly taken down. >> what are the ground rules? how do people know how to behave, and what are their rights of appeal if it turns out that they feel they have been banned by mistake or they have a particularly important -- even if controversial -- point of view that ought to be heard? >> watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. tomorrow is the 17th anniversary of the september

group tonight on the communicators, social media regulation and censorship with baron socha and harold feld. >> we can have a debate about what twitter should do. it is not a political question, it is not a question of policy. we can have an ethical debate. we can have ethical debates about how we behave toward each other. perfectly valid conversation. i would not be upset if that happened. twitter and facebook have been very reluctant to take down users when they have taken uses down, it has been extreme examples like alex jones. the president, the fact that he allowed continued to be to use the platform, it demonstrates how twitter has erred on the side of using the platform. we are not heading toward a world where people are regularly taken down. what are the ground rules? how do people know how to behave? what are their rights of appeal if it turns out they feel they have been banned by mistake? they have an important point of view that ought to be heard. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> a look at efforts to improve economic opportunity in the u.s. to

and public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. and here on c-span 3, senators for medicare and medicaid services, and u.s. comptroller general talked to members of congress about combating medicaid fraud. that's tonight at 8:00 eastern on the c-span networks. >>> sunday night on q & a, historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> hover said when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. it's an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> up next, a discussion on space based missile defense priorities with pentagon officials, including the head of the missile defense agency. they talk about potential threats and the lat

social media regulation and censorship with tech freedom president baron socha and vice president harold feld >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, with just over 50 days to go until election day 2018, politico campaigns editor steven shepard will preview house and senate races. and then rand corporation senior adviser brian jenkins discusses the state of homeland security 17 years after 9/11. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow is the 17th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. on c-span we'll have live coverage of president trump's remarks in shanksville, pennsylvania. scheduled to is that right at 9:30 a.m. eastern. on c-span2 from new york city, the annual ceremony and reading of the names of those killed at 8:10 a.m. eastern. and on c-span3, we'll take you to me moral service at the -- memorial service that saw starts at the pentagon at 9 a.m. all of the services reair tomorrow night on the c-span networks. >> sunday n

censorship with tech freedom president ben berin szoka and public knowledge senior vice president harold feld we can have a debate about what twitter should do. i just want to emphasize, it's not a political question. it's not a question of policy or what the government's role should be. we can have an ethical debate about that just like we can have ethical debates about how we behave towards each other. perfectly valid conversation: i would certainly be upset if that happened. twitter and facebook have been very reluctant, especially twitter, to take down users. when they've taken people down, it's been extreme examples like alex jones. and the fact that i keep bringing up the president, the fact he's continued to be allowed to use the platform just illustrates how much twitter has erredded on the side of allowing people to use their platform in spite of what their terms of service strictly say to abuse other users. we're not heading towards a world in which people are regularly taken down. >> guest: what are the ground rules, how do people know how to behave, and what are their rights of ap

regulation and censorship with tech freedom president and public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. >> we can have a debate about what twitter should do. i just want to emphasize, it's not a political question. it's not a question of policy or what the government's role should be. we can have an ethical debate about that just like we can have ethical debates about how we behave towards each other. perfectly valid conversation. i would certainly be upset if that happened. i don't think that's going to happen. twitter and facebook have been very reluctant, especially twitter, to take down users. when they've taken people down, it's been extreme examples like alex jones. the fact i keep bringing up the president, the fact he's continued to allowed to use the platform just illustrates how much twitter has aired on the side of allowing people to use their platform in spite of what their terms of service strictly say, to abuse other users. we're not heading towards a world in which people are regularly taken down. >> what are the grounds rules? how do people know how to behave, and what

with a public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. >> we can have a debate about iat twitterhould do but want to emphasize it doesn't a political question. it is a policy or what the government's role should be. we could have an ethical debate about that. just like how we have debates about how we behave towards each other. a balance conversation. twitter and facebook have been reluctant, especially twitter, to take down users. down ity take people has been extreme examples like alex jones. he is allowed to continue to use the platform post-truth how much twitter has aired on the side of allowing people to use the platform in spite of what the terms of service strictly say to abuse other users, we are not heading towards a world in which people are regularly taken down. >> what are the ground rules? how do people know how to behave and what are their rights of appeal if it turns out they feel they have been banned by mistake or they haven't to girly important -- even controversial point of view that ought to be heard? communicators" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. e

communicators," a roundtable discussion on social media regression and censorship with baron socha and harold feld. >> we can have a debate about what twitter should do. i want to emphasize, it is not a political question. is not about a question of policy or with the governments role should be. we can have an ethical debate, a debate aboute how we should behave towards each other. i don't think that will happen. twitter and facebook have been reluctant, especially twitter, to take down users. when they take people down, they have been extreme examples, like alex jones. the fact that the president is continued to allow dusty is the platform -- the fact that the president is allowed to continue shoows we platform are not headed to a world where people are regularly taken down. >> what are the ground rules? how do people behave? what is their rights of appeal if they feel they have been anned by mistake or they have particularly important, even a controversial, point of view that ought to be heard? >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> next, the head of the transp

regulation and censorship with tax freedom president and public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. >> we can have a debate about what twitter should do. it's not a political question. it's not a question of policies. we can have an ethical debate about that just like how we can have ethical debates about how we behave. i would be upset if that happens. i don't think that is going to happen. twitter and facebook have been very reluctant to take down users. when they have taken people down it has been extreme examples like alex jones. the fact that i keep bringing up the president, the fact that he is continued to be allowed to use the platform just demonstrates how much they have aired on the side of allowing people to use the platform despite of the terms of service to abuse other users. what are the ground rules? how do people know how to behave? what are their rights of appeal if the attorneys have said they feel they have been banned from the state or that they have a particularly important even controversial point of view