If Gigi Sohn gets confirmed to the FCC it could stand for Federal Censorship Commission rather than Federal Communications Commission. Biden’s FCC commissioner nominee Gigi Sohn has an extensive history of support for anti-conservative censorship and ties to prominent leftists, including radical billionaire George Soros.
Sohn mocked in public the idea of biased censorship by conservatives online. “For years, @Twitter & @FacebookWe tried to be kind @realDonaldTrump & other right-wing extremists on phony claims of conservative bias. It didn’t work,” Sohn tweetedFrom her unconfirmed account, May 2020. Rep. Jim Jordan (R.OH), was also criticized for highlighting online bias. “No shock – @Jim_Jordan rants and raves about so-called anti-conservative bias on online platforms, which we all know is a bunch of BS,” Sohn tweetedJuly 2020
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell tweeted, “Biden’s pick for the FCC is an enemy of free speech. Gigi Sohn, a far-left Biden nominee is also like Comrade Omarova. These views threaten freedom of speech online and in TV. Senators should oppose Sohn’s ridiculous nomination.”
Sohn has strong ties with George Soros, the leftist billionaire. Public Knowledge, of which Sohn was formerly President, received at least $1,148,984 from Soros’ Open Society Foundations between 2016 and 2020. Open Society Foundations also named Sohn a 2017 “Leadership in Government” fellow. “On Jan 16, I start a Leadership in Government Fellowship @OpenSociety Foundations. You can find me speaking and writing. Follow me @ @gigibsohn,” Sohn celebratedTweet December 2016,
Sohn indicated also that she will not censor voices of non-leftists, especially through her frequent attacks on Fox News. “For all my concerns about #FacebookFox News, in my opinion has had the greatest negative effect on democracy. It’s state-sponsored propaganda,” Sohn allegedShe will be relocating in October 2020. She tweeted in March 2020 that Fox News representatives should be grilled at “a hearing on misinformation.” Sohn likewise suggested in 2018 that Sinclair Broadcasting should lose its FCC license because of its alleged political bias, which she said “calls into question Sinclair’s fitness to be a broadcast licensee.” Sohn added, “Will @FCC do anything when Sinclair’s licenses are up for renewal?”
Sohn’s ties to the leftist group Public Knowledge suggest that she will expand government control over the internet. She was formerly president of leftist group Public Knowledge, a group that “has long sought more government control of the internet and media,” according to The Wall Street Journal Opinion. “She was a counselor to Obama FCC Chair Tom Wheeler and was a driving force behind the ‘net neutrality’ regulation,” The Journal added. Public Knowledge is also in favor of extensive regulation on net neutrality.
Sohn has furthermore “hinted at deploying the [FCC’s] regulatory power to censor conservative media and revive a version of its mooted fairness doctrine,” The Journal reported. Sohn’s “strident partisanship should disqualify her from serving as an officer of an independent agency with so much power to control the public airwaves,” The Journal concluded.
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