Jim Jordan Grills FTC Chair Lina Khan About 'Disinformation' And 'Sustained Attack On Twitter'

At today's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned FTC Chair Lina Khan about her approach to Twitter and the nature of disinformation.
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[@dwheel39]

She said absolutely nothing.

[@truepatriots3860]

Agreed

[@ghosty426]

Some Witnesses have even lied under Oath without any punishments.

[@jerry42023]

Exactly what she was told to do.

[@tomaskling2429]

Which means that they consider anything that goes against their political propaganda is "disinformation"

[@johnherold7289]

Sorry, Just because a g.o.p. Hack/Candidate says it AGAIN! Doesn't mean it's TRUE! In FACT, it's just the g.o.p. POINTING/ giving U.S. the finger AGAIN! You see, they're WALLOWING in the: G RAND O LD P OTTY! Using our Top Secret TOILET paper! Where's the Charmin g.o.p.? That's NOT Just saying it, g.o.p! Their going to PROVE IT! And ALL of U.S. know it! GIVE U.S A BREAK g.o.p! Try being really RIGHT! At this POINT, you're just Making U.S. LOL AGAIN!

[@The_Rob_D]

“Congressman, our job at the FTC is not to answer any of your questions. But instead grandstand and filibuster your time.”

[@stripedrajang3571]

😂

[@cdgolem]

You forgot, "Congressman, thank you for that question..."

[@NopeNoWay-us2jk]

@@cdgolemdidn’t jim Jordan do absolutely nothing while he was aware of girls being abused at the college he worked at? Weird you freaks worship him now 😂

[@loganwill-ut2ge]

Another person fraudulent with tax payers money

[@georgewilson4245]

I was watching President Trump’s rally speech and: “what does Electric Car and Shark has to do with the policy if he is re-elected?” Is he ok? Dementia?

[@lawrencethompson127]

Her refusal to answer "Who makes this decision" means that she is complicit in this effort to censor conservative speech.

[@tommas2674]

it will be ALL speech by ALL CITIZENS! the people who created the caste system! They bring it with them. The Europeans that came through Elis Island LOVED what America basis was, others come to bring their crap and we are almost finished off. America was NOT an experiment. and the blackmail of "racist" from the real racist is evil.

[@jan_phd]

And at the end she says only a collective of people can hold a single owner straight. She hate's Musk... it's personal.

[@Procopius464]

Exactly

[@smokeyhoodoo]

@@jan_phd And she hates musk because he's an innovative white billionaire. That is the only thing this is about

[@RawOlympia]

It is not even American. Why cannot USA put its own peopel in places of power? It isn't even bright.

[@robertnewman4072]

Why would anyone think that these lawyers would ever tell the truth,or give a straight answer?

[@PantherCrane]

She’s a Lawyer?

[@Lukas-mb9lw]

@@PantherCrane Well, she lies like a lawyer, she filibuster like a lawyer so my guess, yeah.

[@tylerao]

@@Lukas-mb9lwher license lapsed a few years ago, but she still claims to be a lawyer . She was called out on it yesterday, with records showing the facts

[@philobetto5106]

​@@PantherCrane She is not, nor will ever be a lawyer now the truth is out she is facing reprimand

[@jamess6853]

Lawyer, licensed or not, it's their job to keep us (or them in this case) out of jail, guilty or not. Sad they can still talk their way out of the shtstorm they brewed up.

[@TheDiftofz]

Well , she just said , “ we at the ftc Will censor the crap out of the right. “

[@SumDumGy]

...and there’s an example of misinformation right there.

[@TheDiftofz]

@@SumDumGy Read the very second reply . Then Figure out what is implied “ out loud “

[@SumDumGy]

@@TheDiftofz There is no second reply. There’s your comment, my response, and yours to me.

[@TheDiftofz]

@@SumDumGy it’s the reply of the main thread .

[@SumDumGy]

@@TheDiftofz What main thread? I don’t know what you’re talking about. The bottom line is you quoted someone as saying something they did not. No matter the circumstances, that puts you in the wrong.

[@jamesrobbins26]

She is shooting all kinds of flak to keep from answering the questions. It's always double talk so the government employees can keep doing what they've been doing.

[@eldestgurl1900]

That’s plausible deniability and skirting the real issues with lots of babble and high hopes of pulling it off in front of the cameras.

[@dannycaine1565]

Talk about a den of snakes. That swamp needs drained or it's the end of us.

[@richardconwayy259]

Well said. I am starting to believe in Reptilians after all..

[@jimgallagher2979]

How did this woman become Chair of the FTC?

[@jerry42023]

By being able to bs her way through any question.

[@deeeee3685]

yes I believe is the answer 🤣🤣

[@dutchreagan3676]

Ticking boxes ala Kamalahaha

[@johnherold7289]

Sorry, Just because a g.o.p. Hack/Candidate says it AGAIN! Doesn't mean it's TRUE! In FACT, it's just the g.o.p. POINTING/ giving U.S. the finger AGAIN! You see, they're WALLOWING in the: G RAND O LD P OTTY! Using our Top Secret TOILET paper! Where's the Charmin g.o.p.? That's NOT Just saying it, g.o.p! Their going to PROVE IT! And ALL of U.S. know it! GIVE U.S A BREAK g.o.p! Try being really RIGHT! At this POINT, you're just Making U.S. LOL AGAIN!

[@richardjcranium]

She's in the "big club"

[@TimParker-Chambers]

It would be nice to see these people being told to shut up, then removed for being in contempt of the proceedings and charged with some manner of perjury... 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MamaMOB]

Wouldn't it be nice to see our law actually put to use to protect us for once? I mean they use it against us all the time. If we lied under us like that we'd be under the jail.

[@stripedrajang3571]

But did she lie? What did she lie about?

[@daviru02]

​ @stripedrajang3571 She lied when she acted ignorant about the question Jim asked her. She's not stupid, but she lied to the American people when she acted like she was

[@peteparadis1619]

Everything

[@petermodaffari1142]

"It would be nice to see these people being told to shut up, then removed for being in contempt of the proceedings and charged with some manner of perjury.." Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,!!!!!! BINGO!!!! We have a winner @TimParker-Chambers. Time to start locking these rotten lying Democrat scumbags up.

[@kevinlampen2364]

They never answer the question...never ..

[@lgbfjb1183]

Dodging questions always have 1 characteristic…. Lies … or their own word "disinformation"

[@WyomingParanormal]

If these people are caught in lies, they should immediately be arrested and go to jail.

[@anni6050]

Hold her accountable for perjury.

[@MamaMOB]

What is the point of questioning these people for just a few minutes under oath and then not doing anything about it when they refuse to answer and therefore lie under oath? When asked their own opinion they all of a sudden don't know what their opinion is. That's a lie by omission. Why are these people never held in contempt? Why do we watch them lie day in and day out and nothing happens to them? What's the point of this political theater?

[@Del-Scent]

It's all about political grand standing .

[@eldestgurl1900]

The general population of the USA doesn’t get that C[]lN@ is now in control of our government. They’re the ones doing all the threatening and manipulations of our captured government. Obama helped usher this in with his brilliant idea of plausible deniability! The CCP is unveiling itself to us now, if people would just look for them and pay attention to the background. Most are too busy to seek the truth and are satisfied with this liberal BS cuz the actual truth is too horrifying to fathom, so heads stuck in sand as they’re just trying to survive with their families.

[@mattstrathis4328]

They want to normalize their authoritarian agenda and hope people are too stupid to notice.

[@johnnyblade6088]

There is nothing complex about telling a straight, truthful answer.

[@hemihead001]

That's rich . A Fake lawyer discussing fraud lol .

[@robertnewman4072]

Big Brother will decide what is misinformation or racisse!

[@unbreakable7633]

"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against errors." -- Thomas Jefferson

[@thatonetimeatbandcamp]

The FTC doesn't like Elon Musk. They ignored all this when it was held by Jack, but now it's in Elon's hands, they must fine tooth comb all his communications.

[@fernandosanchez6576]

She truly knows how to say nothing with lots of words

[@batalorian7997]

It's an art form

[@victorseger6044]

She holds a graduate degree in deflection, rambling, and running out the clock from the Alejandro Mayorkas school of ineptness if that's even a word..

[@ThrockmortonJGildersleeve]

I just Khan't😂

[@truepatriots3860]

God Bless Jim Jordan.

[@ballsdeep5336]

When she made that post she wasn't talking about crypto currency she was talking about the plandemic covid

[@amigaone777]

Probably the same people that told us that covid didn't come from a lab.

[@SumDumGy]

Round and round and round... ending up exactly where it all started. My appreciation to so many who have come to testify before Congress and say nothing whatsoever.

[@stanfordjane64]

Thank YOI JIM JORDAN!!

[@mikelee9886]

This woman is incapable of understanding what he's talking about. The concept that people don't need the government deciding what is true or false for people is something she's never imagined or conceptualized. It's like trying to think of a new color you haven't seen yet.

[@yepyep340]

Still walking around looking like a Popsicle with that UV light stick out your ass huh.

[@kicnbac]

She knows exactly what Jordan is saying. She doesn't want to answer.

[@NadirMuzaffar]

Pretty sure it's Jim Jordan not understanding what she's saying. She's saying FTC makes it hard for anyone to have a monopoly. So that way there are lots of twitters. And next time if dems try to suppress shit - the conservatives can jump ship to another platform who wants them.

[@doctordemento965]

@@kicnbac YEP. She's deflecting. All they've been doing in every... single... hearing.

[@GenHornhead]

Agree that she understands the questions, as do many of the witnesses who testify and recite non-responsive answers crafted to cover their butts while containing little actual substance.

[@PamLumpkinLoving]

Thank you Jim Jordan Keep fighting for the people!

[@legendofzoloxolo1425]

Hopefully these people are ashamed to go in public ever again

[@comeonthegreens]

Lina clearly has no idea what she is talking about!

[@joey86bu1]

Hilarious when the people who assign themselves as gatekeepers become much worse than the problem they are "trying" to stop.

[@kenm7179]

The guy censoring content on twitter was a pe do supporter.

[@cosmicdispute88]

Her Comprehension skills are peaking 😂

[@BernadetteAnne907]

She sure knows how to do the dance 🤪🤬

[@utet.4226]

She can't dance.

[@dakotaslim]

Until these people are held in contempt of congress I can't see this as anything more than political theater.

[@MaryEverling]

It's puts out there do the public can see it....

[@maciek8159]

​@@MaryEverlingWhat does that accomplish? Constructively? It just pisses people off more and despise and loose trust in the government. I don't see the point. They all talk in word salads never saying anything of substance. It's frustrating.

[@MaryEverling]

@@maciek8159 And ?

[@maciek8159]

@@MaryEverling its a waste of time and money

[@Sid_Personal_]

She is very good at saying nothing.

[@gschneyer]

Notice how she doesn’t actually answer the questions, just focus group speak

[@gregorycraig4512]

So according to her response,,those who have the power decideds what is true

[@user-pn4uq6fg6r]

The way she responds, this going nowhere

[@angelofamillionyears4599]

Lisa has an expired Law license. !!

[@Schneiw]

I don't recall voting for these FTC members. DEFUND DEFUND DISBAND

[@hernancanas3849]

Why such a crooked chair Khan is holding a so important office??

[@peterwookie7779]

new rule. if they cant answer the question... they get fired.

[@laurieann6213]

Consequences? Any ?ever? Words n they don’t care? Why should they? They still get away n do everything the same. Little paws u naughty children shouldn’t do that n end of problem

[@georgewilson4245]

It's simple: FACTS and not Alternative Facts (aka lies).

[@johnnyblade6088]

All government agencies need to be transparent, not the public. We the public have the right to privacy, not governments. So when government does not obey laws, then we have no laws.

[@bddmhopp5]

Scary Poppins decides on what is disinformation…

[@Dr.Cosmar]

Just kick her out... "congressman i'm glad to have the opprotunity...." Me: "No, contempt of congress, i'm tired of your lies, and so is everyone else, you might not exactly know, but you are covering. This is subterfuge... shut up.... weather that be your position, or your boss, you better think long and hard if either of those are worth the price of allowing your government to silence you."

[@robertcaldwell7571]

How is it, that a person born in London to Pakistani parents becomes a high ranking person in American government? Who's team is she on? Is she even an American citizen? And, she has a BA in Art? What a joke.

[@Procopius464]

Since she won't answer the question, it means she is the one making those decisions, or part of the organization that does.

[@weskhud]

" I get why you are concerned about one group of people deciding what can be seen or heard, so we are promoting competition to better the process "??? So the answer is a more diversified sensorship body?? She should just say that they will do what they want , because they are so virtuous and pure,that whatever actions they take are by default virtuous and pure.

[@mitchellpugh497]

If you truly wanted too see competition then butt out.

[@mac4994]

Always for our safety. Yeah yeah yeah.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Throw this domestic enemy in gitmo!

[@barryslater6430]

We at the ftc just answer the bloody questions I feel sorry for the citizens of the used to be good ole USA 🇺🇸 get better soon god bless

[@Silvereagledude]

These corrupt officials know they only have to bob and weave for 5 minutes at a time….what a game

[@sathdk79]

Amazing how much she can talk without answering the question.

[@korycassel5197]

Tyrannical enforcement of radical Leftism becomes: "Concerned with fraud and deception" Like the FBI director's spin of: "Threats of violence" talking about targeting parents trying to remove radical policy from public schools. They don't just not answer, they strategically spin and lie abusing language itself with deliberate measures.

[@cottonp20]

WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE ASKED ABOUT! HE ASKED WHAT IS DISINFORMATION,AND SHE IS TALKING ABOUT SCAMS AND FRAUD!

[@JasRaymond1]

Is she any kin to Sadiq Khan the Mayor of London ? They seems to be of the same mold.

[@DN-2012]

This is a “BAD” woman

[@mr.perfect1er933]

And she never said who was the "DECIDER"

[@bozodog428]

Like Pinocchio, every time Khan lies, her nose gets longer.

[@Steve-qf8vt]

Whose job is it to decide what gets heard? Not the FTC or any other government bureaucrat thats for sure.

[@jeffjustice3341]

fire them all! do any government employees hold themselves accountable to the people, all the people. how do they sleep at night?

[@Raven-ep6pq]

She does not want to say that she is deciding if it disinformation or not based on her ideology.

[@doomguy6913]

How about anyone brought before congress whos refuses to honestly answer questions loses their job in government forever. No local government positions, I don't even want them working at the DMV.

[@slimecoast2coast]

If she doesn’t want to answer she should just say that

[@dboy6400]

No answer from her. Just the usual duck.

[@945hilo]

They should put a bush in the room for that woman to beat around

[@arjunaadjinna]

Her last sentence... did the FTC push Zuck to create threads as a competitor to twitter?

[@Joeyd-tm5fp]

LINA KHAN is a real mess !!!

[@jeffjustice3341]

like she should decide who gets heard when she withholds information from congress. is this person in the correct job?

[@joliz1234]

She would know about fraud and deception, not licensed for law

[@gfroese4799]

She gets a A+ in duck, hide, and spew out misinformation.

[@dougsholly9323]

Congressional hearings are a complete waste of time. Witnesses never say anything of substance. They may as well just put "I'm not going to answer" on repeat.

[@terrymcfadden954]

I can’t hear her behind her nose.

[@1tubbyjean]

She keeps saying "follow the law". Sounds like she's the one NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW!!

[@freedomfreedom9523]

This kid is controlling what American are allowed to say and do wow

[@socal33]

Disinformation=Anything we don't like.

[@ultra9693]

I decide what is disinformation not you.

[@escapethematrix40]

''The Hammer'' is part of the problem..

[@arthurgay5746]

Her and Freeland must have went to the same school. Even their voices sound the same.

[@NateClay]

1:09 Why did she say it like that? *Tf?*

[@anni6050]

But that is what you are doing.

[@brianjames8677]

Another day, another court loss. She chases cases down garden pathways that lead nowhere. If she won and courts stamped her as a winner, I'd be all for her. But that does not happen.

[@MaryEverling]

Because Congress doesn't I believe have the authority to fire her

[@tylerbuckner3750]

There seems to be an extreme lack of self-awareness when you don’t realize that the highest levels of “concentration of power” is the same federal government bureaucracy you work for.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gsleatherworks2442]

Disinformation: any information that the government (particularly, democrat politicians) do not like, approve of, or otherwise does not support or strengthen the political messaging they want to push.

[@DynV]

The government should stop them... when it's convenient.

[@earlcollins9310]

Now we know why these people get into these positions of power !! Liars liars liars

[@hunteroftruth4986]

Is it not time to defund these double talking government employees!!!!

[@you166mhz]

she should be removed from FTC ...

[@adr3ns]

The ministry of truth...

[@damaddog8065]

Thow them in jail, violate their constitution rights and say I do not feel like honoring you rights today, this will get the message across very quickly. You watch how fast they are supper conservative.

[@meshzzizk]

i’m to the left of bernie sanders on most things and this woman appalls me jfc

[@JoeSmoe-uy8oh]

Didn't I see her with a witches hat on in one of Judy garlands showc saying she was the wicked witch ?.oh yea off to see the wizard

[@doomguy6913]

Federal agencies have no business regulating anyone's speech

[@taradeleeuw2344]

Obviously my reps didn’t mind manufactured terror

[@MoonBurn13]

“Who defines what is Disinformation?” “We got Beanie…” “How about ‘true information’? Is it the government?” “We got B-!”

[@MeasuredFlat]

At 3:56, she is worried about companies deciding who gets to be heard, so instead of going after FB, YT, she goes after Twitter? What an effing clown 🤡🤡

[@82bluedream]

it's called a "lie"......

[@Viconius]

A Federal ruling on suppression of speech on public media... isn't important to the FTC? For the love of God, that should be a public caning offense. What an asinine comment for her to make. What was her last job, paper weight?