Now on bbc news after social media suspended donald trump, some have questioned the power of the Silicon Valley giants. Has big tech gone too far, or is it long overdue . Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. Many of us all over the world rely on social media for information, communication and entertainment, but the reach and power of Big Tech Companies is worrying many. Their decision to ban donald trump and decide what can and cant be said on their platforms has reignited the debate about Freedom Of Speech and whether we need new laws to regulate the tech giants. Thats global questions social media, is it more powerful than governments . Well, to bring you this edition of global questions, as always, our questioners and our two panellistsjoin us via video link. So let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. Kara swisher has been described by newsweek as Silicon Valleys most powerful technology journalist. Shes been covering the Tech In
really was. from this latest discovery we have one johnny mcentee to thank, trump s director of personnel by the end. we now now mcentee s testimony before the committee revealed that the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president in his final hours in office floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the united states capitol. there was a vice of dissent to that idea, white house counsel pat cipollone. he rejected the idea. our friend luke broad water of the new york times reports this, quote, mcentee recalled cipollone also rejected trump s idea that all white house staff should be pardoned, even those who have played no role in the president s push to overturn the 2020 election. quote, i remember cipollone questioning on that, well, why does anyone need a pardon, mr. mcentee recalled, adding that the president had responded, well, just so they can t go after them for any little thing. and i think cipollone said, yeah, but no one here has done anything wrong. the
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because like he always does he s telling us in plain language exactly what he intends to do if he regains the white house. yeah, i mean, katty kay, there s so much there s so many elements of what the committee has unearthed that are ongoing. the other one is the very bad behavior of one mark meadows. let me read from luke s reporting on this batch of transcripts that came out late last night. cassie hutchinson also said mr. meadows had sought broad pardons, meadows was personally concerned that there would be a connotation of violence associated with everybody who had gone to the capitol that day. so he thought it was an idea worth entertaining and raising to white house counsel s office to pardon those who had been inside the capitol, she said. she added there was a period where several white house staffers and administration officials wanted to pardon themselves prior to leaving and he was one of them. what do we make of this pile of evidence the committee had and