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Greg Walden: “I am a big advocate of the First Amendment. And it can be messy business to, on the one hand, call on them to take down…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2020
I am a big advocate of the First Amendment. And it can be messy business to, on the one hand, call on them to take down things we don't like and still stay on the right side of the First Amendment.
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Walden discusses the challenges of balancing free speech with the need to remove harmful content.

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