At CES, (Bill) Clinton says social media help fuel, solve global policy debates
Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)
... "When I became president, the average cellphone weighed five pounds," Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, told an audience this morning at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "When I took office there were 50 sites on the Internet. More than that has been added since I started talking."
... While he said technology can provide better access to information, people have to be willing to listen. Clinton said too often social networks become ideological cocoons. "The only remaining bigotry we have is we just don't want to be around people who disagree with us," Cllnton said. "We have been sorting ourselves out by our beliefs in a way that weakens our diversity and the potential of the country."
Clinton criticized the gun lobby, for example, saying it has helped overturn the assault weapons ban passed while he was in office by a campaign of fear and misinformation aimed at rural Americans.
"I grew up in this hunting culture but this is nuts," said the former governor of Arkansas. "Why does anyone need a 30-round clips for a gun? Why do they need a 100-round clips?"
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