The value system of Facebook seems to be that we want that engagement across and that anger and that attack to each other because that keeps people engaged.

What I have heard, year after year, from Facebook is, 'That is not really what we do. What we do is interaction.'

I do not understand why the platforms look at illegally crossing the border as 'we are going to look the other way.'

The Chinese government obviously doing this with the Uyghurs and what they have done.

How do you make sure it is balanced, not that organization make sure it is balanced...

It seems to be a different issue when you talk about the Indian government saying we are requiring our individuals to actually be on your staff.

Political Facebook pages have become places for anger and aggression.

It is unusual to me that Twitter is blocked in many authoritarian countries, but yet the leaders of those countries are allowed to be on Twitter.

There is not a person that crosses our Southern Border into the United States that does not pay the cartel.

They have made the statement publicly, 'We do not use that for any other purposes. We just maintain that.'

I just got blocked from Facebook. We are trying to figure out why.

For China to have the possibility to have access to 100 million Americans, including most of our young people, that is an issue for us, and it is the reason we ask hard questions.

The consistent fear is that conservative voices are silenced, and when I look at some of the groups that actually do the fact-checking I do not find a lot of conservative groups that do this.

This is not some hypothetical, possible thing. This is actually occurring.

Cartels are transnational criminal organizations that are making money off of moving people illegally into our country.

This is a major Trojan Horse that needs to be dealt with.

But it also seems to be a patchwork of values in these countries.

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