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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.95,0:00:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.\NThanks to everyone who stood up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.51,0:00:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unnecessary but very flattering.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.38,0:00:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Jonathan,\Nfor your very kind words.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.48,0:00:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, the Anti-Defamation League,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.33,0:00:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this recognition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.57,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your work in fighting racism,\Nhate and bigotry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.72,0:00:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.04,0:00:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I say racism, hate, and bigotry
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.86,0:00:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not referring to the names\Nof Stephen Miller's labradoodles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.60,0:00:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.49,0:00:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I realize that\Nsome of you may be thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.11,0:00:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What the hell is a comedian doing\Nspeaking at a conference like this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.01,0:00:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly am.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.39,0:00:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.44,0:00:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent most of the past two decades\Nin character.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, this is the first ever time\Nthat I've stood up and given a speech
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.75,0:00:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my least popular character:\NSacha Baron Cohen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.28,0:00:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.38,0:00:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience cheers]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.47,0:01:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I have to confess, it is terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.71,0:01:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that my presence here\Nmay also be unexpected for another reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.56,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times, some critics\Nhave said my comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.73,0:01:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,risks reinforcing old stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, I've been passionate about\Nchallenging bigotry and intolerance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.27,0:01:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.77,0:01:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a teenager in England,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.16,0:01:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I marched against\Nthe fascist National Front
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.01,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to abolish apartheid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.22,0:01:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an undergraduate,\NI traveled around America
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wrote my thesis\Nabout the Civil Rights Movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.90,0:01:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the help of the archives of the ADL;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.67,0:01:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a comedian,\NI've tried to use my characters
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.65,0:01:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get people to let down their guard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.71,0:01:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reveal what they actually believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.25,0:01:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including their own prejudice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.43,0:01:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not gonna claim\Neverything I've done
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.57,0:01:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been for a higher purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.56,0:01:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, some of my comedy –
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.70,0:01:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, probably half my comedy –
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.41,0:01:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been absolutely juvenile.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.22,0:01:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.47,0:01:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other half completely puerile.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.75,0:02:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But...\N[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.59,0:02:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit there was nothing\Nparticularly enlightening about me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Borat from Kazakhstan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.15,0:02:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first 'fake news' journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.24,0:02:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.46,0:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running through a conference\Nof mortgage brokers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.86,0:02:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was completely naked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.42,0:02:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.52,0:02:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when Borat was able to get\Nan entire bar in Arizona to sing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.82,0:02:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ throw the Jew down the well ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.74,0:02:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it did reveal people's indifference\Nto anti-semitism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When, as Bruno, the gay\Nfashion reporter from Austria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.60,0:02:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started kissing a man\Nin a cage fight in Arkansas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.00,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nearly starting a riot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.63,0:02:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it showed the violent potential\Nof homophobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.74,0:02:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when disguised\Nas an ultra-woke developer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.04,0:02:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I proposed building a mosque\Nin one rural community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.11,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prompting a resident to proudly admit:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am racist against Muslims,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.03,0:02:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it showed the growing acceptance\Nof islamophobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.09,0:03:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I really appreciate\Nthe opportunity to be here with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.85,0:03:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.26,0:03:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demagogues appeal\Nto our worst instincts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.43,0:03:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conspiracy theories,\Nonce confined to the fringe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going mainstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.70,0:03:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as if the age of reason,\Nthe era of evidential argument
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.88,0:03:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is ending,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.11,0:03:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now knowledge\Nis increasingly delegitimized
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.35,0:03:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and scientific consensus is dismissed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.65,0:03:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Democracy,\Nwhich depends on shared truths,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.52,0:03:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.66,0:03:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and autocracy,\Nwhich depends on shared lies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.46,0:03:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on the march.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.06,0:03:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hate crimes are surging,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.02,0:03:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as are murderous attacks\Non religious and ethnic minorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.80,0:03:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what do all these\Ndangerous trends have in common?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.57,0:03:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just a comedian and an actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.21,0:03:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a scholar,\Nbut one thing is pretty clear to me:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.11,0:03:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this hate and violence\Nis being facilitated
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.51,0:03:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a handful of Internet companies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.92,0:04:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that amount to the greatest\Npropaganda machine in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.40,0:04:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.69,0:04:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest\Npropaganda machine in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.31,0:04:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's think about it. \NFacebook, YouTube...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.72,0:04:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...Google, Twitter and others –
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.77,0:04:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they reach billions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.70,0:04:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The algorithms\Nthese platforms depend on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.80,0:04:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deliberately amplify
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.53,0:04:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the type of content\Nthat keeps users engaged;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.75,0:04:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories that appeal\Nto our baser instincts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.27,0:04:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that trigger outrage and fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.63,0:04:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why YouTube recommended videos\Nby the conspiracist Alex Jones
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.83,0:04:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.36,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why fake news outperforms real news,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.63,0:04:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because studies show that\Nlies spread faster than truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.92,0:04:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's no surprise that the greatest\Npropaganda machine in history
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.63,0:04:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has spread the oldest\Nconspiracy theory in history:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.27,0:04:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lie that Jews are somehow dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.01,0:04:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one headline put it:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.98,0:05:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just think what Goebbles\Ncould have done with Facebook."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience groans]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.64,0:05:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.96,0:05:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything can appear equally legitimate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.47,0:05:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breitbart resembles the BBC,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.09,0:05:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fictitious protocols\Nof the Elders of Zion
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.98,0:05:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look as valid as an ADL report,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.04,0:05:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rantings of a lunatic\Nseem as credible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.75,0:05:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the findings of a Nobel Prize winner.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.85,0:05:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have lost, it seems,\Na shared sense of basic facts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.07,0:05:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon which democracy depends.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.02,0:05:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I, as the wanna-be-gansta Ali G,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.83,0:05:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked the astronaut Buzz Aldrin:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.95,0:05:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"what woz it like to walk on de sun??"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.65,0:05:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.65,0:05:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the joke worked because,\Nwe, the audience, shared the same facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.36,0:05:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you believe the moon landing was a hoax
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the joke doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.36,0:05:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Borat got that bar\Nin Arizona to agree that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:06:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Jews control everybody's money\Nand they never give it back ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.15,0:06:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the joke worked because\Nthe audience shared the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.44,0:06:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the depiction of Jews as miserly
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.81,0:06:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a conspiracy theory\Noriginating in the Middle Ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.78,0:06:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when, thanks to social media, \Nconspiracies take hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.06,0:06:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is easier for hate groups to recruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.99,0:06:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easier for foreign intelligence agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.69,0:06:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to interfere in our elections,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.40,0:06:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and easier for a country like Myanmar\Nto commit genocide against the Rohingya.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.17,0:06:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.78,0:06:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's actually quite shocking
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.01,0:06:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how easy it is to turn\Nconspiracy thinking into violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.70,0:06:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my last show, "Who is America?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.35,0:06:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found an educated, normal guy\Nwho'd held down a good job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.69,0:06:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who, on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.12,0:06:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repeated many of the conspiracy theories
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.06,0:06:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that President Trump, using Twitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.58,0:07:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has spread more than 1700 times\Nto his 67 million Twitter followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.04,0:07:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The president even tweeted that\Nhe was considering designating Antifa
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.58,0:07:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are anti-fascists\Nwho march against the far-right,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.58,0:07:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a terror organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.38,0:07:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, disguised as an Israeli\Nanti-terrorism expert,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.39,0:07:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonel Erran Morad,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.17,0:07:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.01,0:07:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[in a foreign accent]\N"Yalla. Let go"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.76,0:07:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.16,0:07:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disguised as him, \NI told my interviewee
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.28,0:07:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at the Women's March in San Francisco
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.56,0:07:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antifa were plotting to put hormones\Ninto babies' diapers in order to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.47,0:07:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[in a foreign accent]\N"make them transgender,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.66,0:07:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.91,0:07:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this man believed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.74,0:07:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I instructed him to plant small devices\Non three innocent people at the march,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.53,0:07:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explained that,\Nwhen he pushed a button,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.65,0:07:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd trigger an explosion\Nthat would kill them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.79,0:07:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't real explosives, \Nof course, but he thought they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.09,0:08:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to see, would he actually do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.46,0:08:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer was yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.73,0:08:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pushed the button and thought\Nhe had actually killed three human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.37,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voltaire was right when he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.10,0:08:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Those who can make you\Nbelieve absurdities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.14,0:08:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"can make you commit atrocities."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.58,0:08:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And social media lets authoritarians\Npush absurdities to billions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.60,0:08:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their defense,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.71,0:08:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these social media companies\Nhave taken some steps to reduce hate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.89,0:08:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and conspiracies on their platforms,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.42,0:08:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these steps\Nhave been mainly superficial.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.37,0:08:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm talking about this today
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.15,0:08:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I believe that\Nour pluralistic democracies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.63,0:08:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are on a precipice\Nand that the next 12 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.89,0:08:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the role of social media\Ncould be determinant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.05,0:08:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,British voters will go to the polls
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.94,0:08:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while online conspiracists
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.18,0:08:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promote the despicable theory\Nof the "great replacement,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.31,0:08:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that white Christians\Nare being deliberately replaced
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.42,0:09:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Muslim immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.75,0:09:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans will vote for president
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.12,0:09:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while trolls and bots perpetuate\Nthe disgusting lie of a Hispanic invasion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.62,0:09:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after years of YouTube videos\Ncalling climate change a hoax,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.07,0:09:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States is on track,\Na year from now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.80,0:09:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to formally withdraw\Nfrom the Paris Accords.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.47,0:09:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sewer of bigotry\Nand vile conspiracy theories
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.35,0:09:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that threaten our democracy,\Nand to some degree, our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.85,0:09:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can't possibly be what\Nthe creators of the internet had in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.85,0:09:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that it's time for\Na fundamental rethink of social media
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.89,0:09:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it spreads\Nhate, conspiracies and lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.80,0:09:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience cheers; applauds)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.57,0:09:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last month, however,\NMark Zuckerberg of Facebook
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.04,0:09:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delivered a major speech
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.11,0:10:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, not surprisingly, \Nwarned against new laws and regulations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.36,0:10:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on companies like his.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.18,0:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, some of these arguments\Nare simply...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.15,0:10:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...pardon my French, bullshit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.67,0:10:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's count the ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.06,0:10:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, Zuckerberg\Ntried to portray this whole issue as
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.46,0:10:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"choices around free expression."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.10,0:10:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is ludicrous.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.05,0:10:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not about\Nlimiting anyone's free speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.84,0:10:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about giving people –
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.39,0:10:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including some of the most\Nreprehensible people on earth –
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.28,0:10:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the biggest platform in history\Nto reach a third of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.35,0:10:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom of speech\Nis not freedom of reach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.46,0:10:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, there will always be racists,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.41,0:10:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misogynists,\Nanti-semites and child abusers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.46,0:10:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think we can all agree
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.50,0:10:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we shouldn't be\Ngiving bigots and pedophiles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.70,0:10:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a free platform to amplify their views\Nand target their victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.07,0:10:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.77,0:11:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, Mark Zuckerberg\Nclaimed that new limits
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.98,0:11:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what's posted on social media
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.91,0:11:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be \N"to pull back on free expression."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.61,0:11:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is utter nonsense.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.60,0:11:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The First Amendment\Nsays that, and I quote:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.74,0:11:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Congress shall make no law...\Nabridging freedom of speech."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.24,0:11:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, this does not apply\Nto private businesses like Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.93,0:11:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not asking these companies\Nto determine the boundaries of free speech
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.86,0:11:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across society,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.53,0:11:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just want them\Nto be responsible on their platforms.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.67,0:11:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If neo-nazi comes\Ngoose-stepping into a restaurant
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.04,0:11:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starts threatening other customers\Nand says he wants to kill Jews,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.84,0:11:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would the owner of the restaurant,\Na private business,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.58,0:11:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be required to serve him\Nan elegant 8-course meal?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.19,0:11:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course not!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.69,0:11:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The restaurant owner\Nhas every legal right –
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.06,0:11:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed, I would argue,\Na moral obligation –
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.89,0:11:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kick that Nazi out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.72,0:11:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so do these internet companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.61,0:12:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.55,0:12:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now third.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.20,0:12:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark Zuckerberg seemed to equate\Nregulation of companies like his
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.21,0:12:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the actions of \N"the most repressive societies."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.71,0:12:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.10,0:12:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This from one of the six people\Nwho decide what information
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.82,0:12:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much of the world sees:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.55,0:12:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zuckerberg at Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.72,0:12:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sundar Pichai at Google,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.76,0:12:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at its parent company Alphabet,\NLarry Page and Sergey Brin,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.06,0:12:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brin’s ex-sister-in-law,\NSusan Wojcicki at YouTube,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.80,0:12:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jack Dorsey at Twitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.30,0:12:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Silicon Six.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.64,0:12:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All billionaires, all Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.42,0:12:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who care more\Nabout boosting their share price
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.85,0:12:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than about protecting democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.22,0:12:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.63,0:12:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is ideological imperialism.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.78,0:13:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six unelected individuals\Nin Silicon Valley
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.16,0:13:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imposing their vision\Non the rest of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.46,0:13:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unaccountable to any government
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.74,0:13:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acting like\Nthey're above the reach of law.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like we're living\Nin the Roman Empire,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.33,0:13:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mark Zuckerberg is Caesar.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.88,0:13:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least that would explain his haircut.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.22,0:13:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.46,0:13:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here's an idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.38,0:13:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of letting the Sillicon Six\Ndecide the fate of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.68,0:13:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let our elected representatives,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.65,0:13:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voted for by the people\Nof every democracy in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.03,0:13:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have at least some say.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.59,0:13:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fourth, Zuckerberg\Nspeaks of welcoming
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.33,0:13:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a diversity of ideas,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.07,0:13:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and last year he gave us an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.25,0:13:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that he found\Nposts denying the Holocaust
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.97,0:13:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"deeply offensive,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.61,0:13:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he didn't think\NFacebook should take them down
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.34,0:13:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"because I think there are things\Nthat different people get wrong."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.98,0:14:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this very moment, there are still\NHolocaust deniers on Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.22,0:14:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Google still takes you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.13,0:14:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the most repulsive\NHolocaust denial sites
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.96,0:14:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a simple click.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.65,0:14:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the heads of Google, in fact,\Ntold me that these sites just show
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.87,0:14:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"both sides" of the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.70,0:14:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience groans]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.74,0:14:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is madness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.10,0:14:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To quote Edward R. Murrow:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.46,0:14:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One "cannot accept\Nthat there are, on every story,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.75,0:14:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"two equal and logical sides\Nto an argument."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.31,0:14:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have, unfortunately,\Nmillions of pieces of evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.65,0:14:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Holocaust.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.72,0:14:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an historical fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.85,0:14:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And denying it is not\Nsome random opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.92,0:14:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who deny the Holocaust\Naim to encourage another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.23,0:14:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.67,0:14:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, Zuckerberg says that\N"people should decide what is credible,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.42,0:14:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"not tech companies."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.25,0:14:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at a time\Nwhen two-thirds of Millenials
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.79,0:15:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say they haven't even heard of Auschwitz,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.60,0:15:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how are they supposed to know\Nwhat's credible?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.81,0:15:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are they supposed to know\Nthat the lie is a lie?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.92,0:15:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is such a thing as objective truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.82,0:15:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facts do exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.57,0:15:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if these internet companies\Nreally want to make a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.18,0:15:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they should hire enough monitors\Nto actually monitor,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.23,0:15:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work closely with groups like the ADL\Nand the NAACP,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.67,0:15:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insist on facts, and purge these lies\Nand conspiracies from their platforms.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.21,0:15:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.48,0:15:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, fifth, when discussing\Nthe difficulty of removing content,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.86,0:15:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zuckerberg...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.61,0:15:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark Zuckerberg asked, \N"where do you draw the line?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.60,0:15:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, drawing the line can be difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.04,0:15:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here's what he's really saying:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.92,0:15:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removing more\Nof these lies and conspiracies
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.87,0:16:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.98,0:16:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are\Nthe richest companies in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.24,0:16:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have\Nthe best engineers in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.72,0:16:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could fix these problems\Nif they wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.85,0:16:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twitter could deploy an algorithm
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.26,0:16:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remove more\Nwhite supremacist hate speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.22,0:16:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they reportedly haven't
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.65,0:16:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it would eject\Nsome very prominent politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.33,0:16:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their platform.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.45,0:16:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience groans]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.65,0:16:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.40,0:16:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds, cheers]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.54,0:16:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.56,0:16:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these companies\Nwon't fundamentally change
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.96,0:16:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because their entire business model
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.61,0:16:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relies on generating more engagement,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.88,0:16:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing generates more engagement
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.33,0:16:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than lies, fear and outrage.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.04,0:16:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's time\Nto finally call these companies
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.27,0:16:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they really are:\Nthe largest publishers in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.47,0:16:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's an idea for them:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.23,0:17:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abide by basic standards and practices
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.47,0:17:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like newspapers,\Nmagazines and TV news do everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.34,0:17:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have standards and practices\Nin television and the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.14,0:17:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are certain things\Nwe cannot say or do.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.42,0:17:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In England, I was told that Ali G
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.45,0:17:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't curse\Nwhen he appeared before 9 p.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.08,0:17:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the US, \Nthe Motion Picture Association of America
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.29,0:17:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulates and rates what we see.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.56,0:17:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had scenes in my movies cut\Nor reduced to abide by those standards.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.50,0:17:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are standards and practices\Nfor what cinemas and TV channels can show
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.48,0:17:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, surely \Ncompanies that publish material
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.73,0:17:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to billions of people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.97,0:17:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have to abide\Nbasic standards and practices too.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.81,0:17:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.88,0:17:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the issue of political ads,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.05,0:17:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which Facebook have been resolute.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.09,0:17:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, Twitter finally banned them,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.03,0:18:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Google, today I read, \Nis making changes too.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.65,0:18:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, if you pay them,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.77,0:18:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facebook will run\Nany political ad you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.07,0:18:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.60,0:18:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll even help you\Nmicro-target those ads to their users
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.22,0:18:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for maximum effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.38,0:18:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under this twisted logic,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.77,0:18:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Facebook were around in the 1930s
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.85,0:18:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have allowed Hitler\Nto post 30-second ads
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.09,0:18:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his solution to the "Jewish problem."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.46,0:18:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's a good standard and practice:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.46,0:18:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facebook, start fact-checking\Npolitical ads before you run them,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.12,0:18:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop micro-targeted lies immediately,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.87,0:18:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the ads are false,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.50,0:18:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give back the money\Nand don't publish them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.71,0:18:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.38,0:18:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another good practice:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.26,0:18:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slow down.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.68,0:19:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single post doesn't need\Nto be published immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.92,0:19:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oscar Wilde once said: \N"We live in an age
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.66,0:19:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"when unnecessary things\Nare our only necessity."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.50,0:19:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.26,0:19:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, let me ask you,\Nis having every thought
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.72,0:19:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or video posted instantly online,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.71,0:19:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's racist\Nor criminal or murderous,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.60,0:19:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really a necessity?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.94,0:19:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.43,0:19:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shooter who\Nmassacred Muslims in New Zealand
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.91,0:19:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live streamed his atrocity on Facebook
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.95,0:19:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it then spread across the internet
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.20,0:19:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was viewed likely millions of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.16,0:19:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a snuff film,\Nbrought to you by social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.26,0:19:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't we have more of a delay
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.56,0:19:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that this trauma-inducing filth
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.43,0:19:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be caught and stopped\Nbefore it's posted in the first place?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.84,0:19:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.79,0:20:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, Zuckerberg said that\Nsocial media companies should
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.48,0:20:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"live up to their responsibilities,"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.38,0:20:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he's totally silent about\Nwhat should happen when they don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.41,0:20:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By now, it's pretty clear
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.72,0:20:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't be trusted\Nto regulate themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.66,0:20:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As with Industrial Revolution,\Nit's time for regulation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.20,0:20:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and legislation to curb the greed\Nof these high-tech robber barons.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.67,0:20:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.67,0:20:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In in every other industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.10,0:20:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a company can be held liable\Nwhen their product is defective.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.31,0:20:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When engines explode\Nor seat belts malfunction,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.98,0:20:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,car company's recall\Ntens of thousands of vehicles
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.29,0:20:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a cost of billions of dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.68,0:20:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only seems fair\Nto say to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.53,0:20:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your product is defective,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.08,0:20:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are obliged to fix it,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.37,0:20:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how much it costs
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.41,0:21:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no matter how many moderators\Nyou need to employ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.94,0:21:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds, cheers]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.48,0:21:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every under-- sorry
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.83,0:21:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every other industry\Nyou can be sued for the harm you cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.45,0:21:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Publishers can be sued for libel,\Npeople can be sued for defamation.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.07,0:21:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been sued many times!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.68,0:21:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.70,0:21:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being sued right now
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.70,0:21:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by someone whose name I won't mention\Nbecause he might sue me again!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.93,0:21:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.97,0:21:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But social media companies\Nare largely protected from liability
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.81,0:21:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the content their users post –
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.81,0:21:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how indecent it is –
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.26,0:21:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Section 230 of, get ready for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.82,0:21:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Communications Decency Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.26,0:21:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's absurd!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.65,0:21:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, internet companies can now\Nbe held responsible for pedophiles
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.70,0:21:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who use their site to target children.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.83,0:21:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.88,0:21:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's also hold these companies
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.76,0:22:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsible for those who use their sites
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.91,0:22:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advocate \Nfor the mass murder of children
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.17,0:22:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of their race or religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.81,0:22:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.64,0:22:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe fines are not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.77,0:22:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's time to tell Mark Zuckerberg\Nand the CEOs of these companies
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.41,0:22:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you already allowed one foreign power
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.52,0:22:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to interfere in our elections.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.66,0:22:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You already facilitated\None genocide in Myanmar.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.13,0:22:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do it again and you go to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.72,0:22:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.44,0:22:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, it all comes down to\Nwhat kind of world we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.59,0:22:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his speech, Zuckerberg\Nsaid that one of his main goals
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.95,0:22:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to "uphold as wide a definition\Nof freedom of expression as possible."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.57,0:22:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds good.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.23,0:23:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet our freedoms\Nare not only an end in themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.40,0:23:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're also the means to another end –
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.96,0:23:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you say here in the US:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.11,0:23:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right to life, liberty\Nand the pursuit of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.47,0:23:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today these rights are threatened\Nby hate, conspiracies and lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.92,0:23:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So allow me to leave you with a suggestion\Nfor a different aim for society:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.98,0:23:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ultimate aim of society
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.14,0:23:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be to make sure\Nthat people are not targeted,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.94,0:23:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not harassed and not murdered
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.89,0:23:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of who they are,\Nwhere they come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.86,0:23:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they love or how they pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.86,0:23:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience applauds, cheers]
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.83,0:23:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we make that our aim –
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.69,0:24:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we prioritize truth over lies,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.48,0:24:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tolerance over prejudice,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.65,0:24:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empathy over indifference,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.90,0:24:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experts over ignoramuses –
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.98,0:24:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.13,0:24:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then maybe, just maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.59,0:24:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can stop the greatest\Npropaganda machine in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.07,0:24:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can save democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.99,0:24:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still have a place\Nfor free speech and free expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.73,0:24:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly,\Nmy jokes will still work.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.88,0:24:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.28,0:24:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cheers and applause]