Overview
- In a CNBC interview, the Cato Networks CEO said it is “time to limit the First Amendment” in order to protect it.
- He urged the government to control social platforms, stack-rank user authenticity, and curb what people can say based on that ranking.
- Clips of the interview went viral on X as conservatives including Matt Gaetz and Mike Lee rejected the proposal.
- Kramer argued that AI-enabled misinformation gives authoritarian states an advantage and said technology should be used to “stabilize the political system.”
- He also promoted platform-based security models, citing firms including his own Cato Networks, and said enterprises cannot afford fragmented tools.