‘ McCarthy<\/a> deputy spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said in a release.’Americans should not be blocked or banned for sharing a link to a news article. But that’s exactly what Big Tech has done, which Biden wants to ignore.’\u00a0<\/p>\nOn December 14, incoming Judiciary Chair Rep. Jim Jordan wrote to five of the largest tech companies demanding they hand over correspondence between their companies and Biden administration officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Although the full extent of Big Tech’s collusion with the Biden administration is unknown, there are prominent examples and strong indications of Big Tech censorship following directives or pressure from executive branch entities,’ Jordan wrote.’Because of Big Tech’s wide reach, it can serve as a powerful and effective partisan arm of the ‘woke speech police.”<\/p>\n
But Jordan has opposed other anti-trust reform, including increasing the fees tech companies pay when they file a merger with the federal government to raise funds for the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-trust division.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So far McCarthy has not prioritized anti-trust legislation aimed at Big Tech either.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In his ‘Commitment to America’ GOP agenda released ahead of midterms, McCarthy promised to\u00a0‘confront Big Tech and advance free speech’ by repealing Section 230 and bolstering anti-trust enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he opposed a bipartisan pair of bills that would break up tech monopolies like Apple and Amazon and end their self-preferencing practices.Apple and Amazon’s biggest defendant in Washington, Jeff Miller, is a close ally and personal friend of McCarthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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