Comedian SachaBaronCohen used an award reception on Thursday to call out Facebook, YouTube, Google and Twitter for facilitating 'hate and violence'
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen used an award reception on Thursday to call out Facebook, YouTube, Google and Twitter for facilitating "hate and violence."
Cohen addressed an audience at the Anti-Defamation League's Never Is Now Summit on Thursday in New York as he received the International Leadership Award for "brilliantly [using] satire to expose racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism." Pushing back on the notion that platforms like Facebook should facilitate free speech above all else, he said, "We’re not asking these companies to determine the boundaries of free speech across society. We just want them to be responsible on their platforms."
"The Silicon Six — all billionaires, all Americans — who care more about boosting their share price than about protecting democracy," he told the crowd. "This is ideological imperialism — six unelected individuals in Silicon Valley imposing their vision on the rest of the world, unaccountable to any government and acting like they’re above the reach of law. It’s like we’re living in the Roman Empire, and Mark Zuckerberg is Caesar.
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