X owner Elon Musk confirmed he would ignore CNN‘s demands to block or remove live streams of the Presidential debate on Thursday.
The news comes after the news outlet began contacting social media companies, telling them to censor conservative news outlets and accounts during the debate.
Podcaster Tim Pool said CNN told him he would not be legally allowed to simulcast the debate and provide his own commentary.
CNN is now threatening any social channels that provide commentary on the debate stating they will not allow the use outside of CNN
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 24, 2024
Commentary on a presidential debate is the epitome of fair use and we fully intend to provide insight and real time fact checking Thursday LIVE
According to The Post Millennial, they also received an email they received from CNN stating, “CNN’s debates are exclusive to CNN and may not be streamed or streamed with verbal or digital commentary on any platform or social media site by another party, other than the embeddable YouTube player via the CNN YouTube channel.”
The email also stated:
“Podcast Use: Similar to broadcast rules, news organizations may use audio clips (up to 3:00 minutes at a time) on their shows after the debate conclude and must credit the ‘CNN Presidential Debate’ verbally in introducing the clip.”
Pool then asked Musk to clarify his stance on the situation.
Musk provided a clear response:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1805402421595648220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805402421595648220%7Ctwgr%5E2bf09d815e088893faec73e5a0d288e5e6b171d3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmodernity.news%2F2024%2F06%2F26%2Fdmca-does-not-apply-musk-says-x-will-not-remove-cnn-debate-streams-footage%2F
Musk is taking on the liability of dealing with CNN when the debate begins streaming on the platform.
The CNN Presidential Debate is happening June 27, 2024 and this will be the first Presidential Debate to be funded by a network instead of the Commission on Presidential Debates since 1988 [1]. This could cause major legal concerns since other networks and streamers would like to… https://t.co/3EkT6F1YtR
— LiveSearch.app (@LiveSearchApp) June 25, 2024
The text below the cut off states:
“This could cause major legal concerns since other networks and streamers would like to simulcast the debate with their own commentary, but CNN guidelines may prohibit it [2]. If we look at the past, we can see YouTube and Twitch cut live streams and even issued strikes/bans to those who streamed the CNN Democrat Presidential Debates in 2019 [3]. Despite this, Timcast intends to stream the CNN Presidential Debate with commentary and Elon appears to support it.”
Presidential Debates should be in an open forum where any media can view.
— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) June 25, 2024
Definitely not hosted and controlled by a single outlet controlled by the government
Yeah, it's a Presidential debate, not an NBA game. We all pay taxes and we're the ones who are going to be electing one of these buffoons. This kind of thing should be free for any person to watch any way they like.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) June 25, 2024
https://twitter.com/emergent/status/1805427291364774108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805427291364774108%7Ctwgr%5E2bf09d815e088893faec73e5a0d288e5e6b171d3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmodernity.news%2F2024%2F06%2F26%2Fdmca-does-not-apply-musk-says-x-will-not-remove-cnn-debate-streams-footage%2F
Tim Pool said he was contacted by YouTube, which told him CNN is not allowing live commentary on the debate and that they “are asking other networks who are doing the exact same thing to abide by certain restrictions.”
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