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November 1, 2020

Deroy Murdock: Twitter, Facebook, Google and Big Tech's big choice

Washington simply should require Big Tech to make a Big Choice.

November 1, 2020

Trump reacts after Facebook removes 'NJ Women for Trump' group: 'Put them back NOW!

President Trump reacted on Twitter early Sunday after Facebook reportedly removed a "New Jersey Women for Trump" group with nearly 30,000 members.

October 30, 2020

Facebook manually limited New York Post Hunter Biden story: Report

Facebook fact-checkers manually flagged and restricted distribution of the New York Post's Hunter Biden story, documents obtained by The Guardian show.

October 29, 2020

Sen. Mike Lee: Big Tech companies falsely claim no bias against conservatives — they may be violating law

Each of these Big Tech CEOs has made public statements claiming to operate his company without political bias. Clearly, that is false. These claims make me think there is a good case to be made that these companies are engaging in “unfair or deceptive trade practices” in violation of federal law.

October 28, 2020

Girl Scouts deletes tweet congratulating ACB but leaves Hillary Clinton post

The Girl Scouts of America deleted a social media post on its official Twitter and Facebook pages Wednesday evening congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on her appointment to the Supreme Court.

October 28, 2020

Adonis Hoffman: Big Tech Senate hearing winners and losers

High-pitched partisanship characterized a Senate committee hearing Wednesday on Big Tech’s bad behavior, with CEOs Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google and Jack Dorsey of Twitter coming under fire by both Democrats and Republicans

October 28, 2020

Democrats accuse GOP of trying to 'browbeat' tech execs with hearing ahead of Election Day

Democrat senators accused their Republican colleagues of trying to “browbeat” tech executives at a committee hearing on Section 230 protections ahead of Election Day. 

October 28, 2020

DOJ, citing Hunter Biden story, Justice Thomas, supports changes to Section 230 in letter to Congress

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday sent a letter to congressional leaders advocating for changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law passed about 25 years ago that prevents tech companies from being sued for user content posted on their platforms. 

October 28, 2020

Ro Khanna introduces 'Big Idea' legislation to bring Silicon Valley jobs to middle America

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced legislation this week in the House to make a massive $900 billion investment in science and technology to expand Silicon Valley jobs to America's heartland and to ensure the United States retains its technological edge over China.

October 28, 2020

Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs to appear on Capitol Hill for grilling over censorship

The CEOs of major tech companies will be in the hot seat Wednesday as Republican senators accuse their internet platforms of censoring conservative viewpoints and demand changes to the federal law that protects them from lawsuits.