Michael Shellenberger on Free Speech

Michael Shellenberger Warns That Governments Around the World Are Conspiring to End Free Speech as We Know it

Remember when he appeared in front of Congress on the Twitter files?

The House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing featuring testimony from independent investigative journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger who were involved in the “Twitter Files,” a series of articles on how government agencies and lawmakers interacted with the social media company over content moderation.

You may recognize Michael Shellenberger from his many media appearances. He also ran for governor of California in 2022.

Shellenberger is a liberal who has been red-pilled by what is happening in California, but also by the left’s war on free speech. Shellenberger is one of the people Elon Musk enlisted for the purpose of the Twitter Files.

He is now sounding the alarm about the war on free speech, here in America and around the globe and he suggests that it’s all connected.

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Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified before Judiciary

Congress vs. reporters who expose censorship collusion

Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, two of the reporters responsible for writing about the Twitter Files, testified before a House Judiciary Committee Thursday decrying the “censorship-industrial complex” and talking about how anti-disinformation and free speech can’t co-exist.

Congressional Democrat attacked hard, trying to diminish the reporters’ credibility, and trying hard to get them to exposes sources.

Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D, Virgin Islands), embarrassed herself by calling Taibbi a “so-called reporter,” despite his 30-year career that included a long stint at The Rolling Stone. She also accused the men of endangering the lives of Twitter employees by exposing company corruption and collusion with the government to censor people. [Ken LaCorte]

Matt Taibbi's opening statement

Michael Shellenberger's statement