He wanted to tear down the wall we couldnt believe that. A life spent in opposition to the berlin wall. German rock legend painter and vocal critic of the divisions of german. Live we caught up with him in leipsic where the peaceful revolution against the east german regime began. Leipzig is also hosting an exhibition devoted to winton bairds art and his commitment to the people of east germany. Im in leipzig of the museum of fine arts for a very special exhibition special because of the artist whos right here because hes actually better known as the legend of german rock music and i dont use that word legend lightly because this man has the strode to the german rock scene for nearly 50 yes 50 years linda welcome thank you the italians had an. Absolutely im i 1st question is he in your 8th decade playing to stadiums you have the biggest audiences ever. As you know they all love you know the people cultural show you know to carry this through the shoot 230000. Is false and all that yeah
Thank you. Were proud of our partnership with the First Amendment institute at columbia. Both of us started in the Knight Foundation and now have other supporters, as well. I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. It is a cesspool. Sanford i sort of knew what your answer would he. Kara it is not completely a cesspool, it is just the way it has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So it is not a Public Squares. We have deemed them the rights of a Public Square b
Georgetown university hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] thank you. We are very proud of our partnership with the night First Amendment institute of columbia. Startedus have projects by the Knight Foundation and now have other supporters as well. I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. It is a cesspool. Sanford i sort of knew what your answer would he. Kara it is not completely a cesspool, it is just the way it has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So
Notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. Has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So it is not a Public Squares. We have deemed them the rights of a Public Square but they arent taking the responsibilities of any public space. The
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Th really twitter. I dont think theres anything such as an antisensorship platform. You have a principles in place that dictate how your community develops. You look at the most laissez faire places on the internet, the silk road, even they had a prohibition on child pornography, for instance, selling nuclear weapons. No matter where you go, youre going to have certain prohibitions. You see the reason why 8chan went down is because of attacks because that makes it unusable. There are certain types of actions with websites that make them unusable that are not welcome. When you make those choices, you say who you are, what you will become and who you will welcome. I think saying that youre anticensorship, you probably arent. You just have a different agenda from the sites you claim to differentiate yourself from. Thank you. Next . Fascinating conversation. I was hoping you could elaborate on the antitrust discussion you were hav