Is Twitter a Better Place to Have a Public Square?

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Twitter has an outsized influence not necessarily because of the biggest social platform but because it's where influential people get their information and have their debates. I just am very concerned when so much of political debate so much of journalistic debate and re-country does happen on Twitter. So do you think for example if David French has suggested that social media companies should effectively bind themselves to some form of the first amendment saying here you know very strict rules that we're not legally obligated to adopt but we will as we think that's the right thing to do? If they don't should legislators consider telling social media companies that if they censor content on political ideological rounds, which is what running a public square is like

Congressman Ro Khanna is an American politician, lawyer, and academic. He is currently serving as U.S. Representative for California's 17th district, including much of Silicon Valley.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ro Khanna discuss how we can protect free speech and civic agency in the age of the internet; what it would mean to have a cultural patriotism that celebrates both the tradition and the dynamism of American life; and where he stands on the debates concerning misinformation and censorship.

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