advertising dollars that news organizations are. that we are, yeah. how can they possibly say, we don t have to review this? we have to. i don t have the freedom to say, nbc news, i m going to upload any video i want and throw it on your website. right. i agree with you. i think it is very clear to me that, at this point, facebook is a media company. if facebook says it is a media company, all of a sudden, it is open to more regulation. it is responsible for the fact that its users are uploading things that are hurtful or misinformation or harassment, abuse, whatever it may be. if it argues it is a platform, it can take that down when it is presented and when it is flagged by other users, but it doesn t bear the responsibility an msnbc or recode would, because we re media companies responsible for what we put on. that is why they re hesitant to come out and say, yes, we are media companies. why are we putting it in their hands? why do they get to decide, well, it depends on
if you re going to come to this country as a terrorist you wouldn t go through the trouble of a 20-step process of the u.s. government. you ll come through at mean. it doesn t bear credibility. the proof is in the pudding, since september 11th we have not had a terrorist attack on our soil from these countries. that may run off. this ban has become recruitment fodder for isis, they say go do work in the name of jihad. he s making this country less safe. senator, there is more information coming in the brief that the justice department filed. stay with us.