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Abigail Shrier: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Our Government Censors
Abigail Shrier: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Our Government Censors
Mark Zuckerberg at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
What are the chances that a President Kamala Harris would resist pressuring social media companies into censorship? Based on her record: Not great.
By Abigail Shrier
09.03.24 — U.S. Politics
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Abigail Shrier: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Our Government Censors

When asked why he robbed banks, legendary fugitive Willie Sutton replied, “That’s where the money is.” Governments coerce social media platforms into censorship for the same simple reason: That’s where the objectionable speech is. 

Thanks to a recent Supreme Court case, in America, there’s also little to stop them. 

Social media platforms—but not their us…

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Abigail Shrier

Abigail Shrier is a journalist and author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, named a “best book” by The Economist and The Times of London. She is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a recipient of the Barbara Olson Award for Excellence and Independence in Journalism and a graduate of Yale Law School.

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