Joining us now, a Democratic member of the Commerce Committee, Senator Ed Marky of Massachusetts. He participated in that hearing. It's always good to see you, Senator, and I wonder if you heard anything today that alleviates concerns of either government censorship or first amendment freedoms.>> Well, obviously the first amendment is the beating heart of our democracy. The freedom of speech, the freedom of press. uh it is essential that those principles be protected.So today I gave chairman Carr two opport ...

I want to welcome back to the show, Professor Maryanne Franks, professor of technology and civil rights law at the George Washington University Law School and author of Fearless Speech, Breaking Free from the First Amendment. Also with us is a great friend of our show, Dalia Lithwick, MSNBC MSNBC contributor and senior editor at Slate and host of the Amicus uh podcast. Welcome to both of you.Thank you for being with us. You both had a great uh conversation on the podcast the other day, which caused me to wa ...