Crush free speech ahead of the 2024 election? Two Democrat senators appear to be trying to push Big Tech to do just that.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote a Sept. 17 letter to the CEOs of Meta, Alphabet (Google…
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October 31, 2023
The Big Tech-government censorship industrial complex is all too real, but one anti-free speech lawmaker “Went Too Far, Even For Pro-Censorship Media” and Twitter.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has been an avid proponent of censorship…
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October 24, 2023
A duo of lawmakers have joined in, once again, to pressure Amazon to censor so-called “election misinformation” on its Alexa voice assistant tool.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY) sent Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos a…
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September 26, 2023
A new poll from RealClear Opinion Research confirms what we already know: the majority of Democrats are fine with online censorship. In fact, they are the ones pushing for it.
The results of a recent RealClear Opinion poll were…
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January 13, 2023
Elon Musk’s release of the Twitter Files exposed Twitter’s bloated censorship apparatus and pervasive collusion with federal government agencies. But those documents are just the tip of the censorship iceberg.
Longtime Big Tech critic Rep…
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January 3, 2023
Two lawmakers apparently eager for congressional reform of Big Tech clearly have different goals, as Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) pushed to protect free speech from pro-censorship Big Tech, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MI) called for more censorship…
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July 13, 2022
A Washington free speech advocate lashed into two Democratic Party senators this week who recently challenged Facebook for censoring pro-abortion posts.
“Big Tech monopolists regularly censor and silence conservatives, and Democrats don’t…
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July 12, 2022
Democratic Party Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Amy Klobuchar (MN) complained in a letter to Facebook and Instagram that some pro-abortion posts have been censored online. Yet both senators have been pushing for increased censorship online.…
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March 11, 2022
A new bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) could drive censorship online. Klobuchar said the NUDGE Act would help address so-called “misinformation.”
Klobuchar introduced the “Nudging Users to Drive Good Experiences on Social…
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February 1, 2022
The debate over the bipartisan antitrust American Innovation and Choice Online Act just took a new direction, as censorship advocates indicated that one provision could protect the free speech of Big Tech-alternative platforms.
The…
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December 30, 2021
Facebook has done everything since “whistleblower” Frances Haugen’s revelations except apologize. The company changed its name, denied massive problems, and reportedly even sold different narratives to politicians from different ends of the…
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November 8, 2021
Big Tech better watch out! A new bipartisan Senate bill aimed at restricting tech companies’ “anticompetitive” acquisition abilities is getting attention from policymakers and experts alike.
The new Senate bill introduced by Senators Amy…
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October 27, 2021
It’s not the first time a Big Tech executive bragged about censoring speech online, and it likely won’t be the last. A YouTube executive testified at a Senate hearing yesterday that the platform had removed more than one million videos for so-…
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October 3, 2021
Jeff Kosseff, an expert on Section 230 and cybersecurity law, slammed plans from Democrats in the Senate to amend the law.
Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act protects internet companies from being sued for what users post…
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August 12, 2021
Big Tech’s greatest enemy may be bipartisan legislation, as politicians from both sides of the aisle unite to introduce the Open App Markets Act.
“U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Amy Klobuchar (…
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July 22, 2021
Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Thursday that would make Facebook liable for “misinformation” about the global pandemic.
The Health Misinformation Act, introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), would use…
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February 8, 2021
Senate Democrats have decided to take a swing at reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and if it censors more speech, it will do far more harm than good.
Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Amy…
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February 13, 2020
You know politics have gotten weird when a liberal New York Times columnist begs Democrat voters to abandon Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in favor of nominating Michael Bloomberg to lead the Democratic ticket.
Times columnist Thomas L.…
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August 1, 2019
It turns out many Google’s employees are fans of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). They are happily donating thousands to support their campaigns, even though both presidential candidates want to break up their…
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