Quite an about-face. Blumenthal told me just Tuesday,
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) October 1, 2020
“I am not interested in using our subpoena power to try to play or game the refs days before an election, which is clearly what Republicans are doing" https://t.co/H36Ewl41CX https://t.co/uk3k7LNcrg
.@realdonaldtrump, I am all for holding big tech accountable in order to protect ALL Americans online, but not to advance your own political objectives.
— Jan Schakowsky (@janschakowsky) October 1, 2020
https://t.co/GmOwfqqviJ
So...
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) October 2, 2020
- Senate has bipartisan vote to subpoena now confirms CEOs of Google and Facebook to testify
- Justice Dept to file antitrust suit against Google
- Congress to publish antitrust report on Google and Facebook after multi year investigation ..but @Jim_Jordan is fighting it??? https://t.co/OrXOIYhxKM
Spare some outrage for this: Congress is holding a hearing right before the election where tech CEOs will be battered abt political bias. Hard to imagine how that won't loom in decision-making now and later. That's the point.https://t.co/I1r2vHgKBl https://t.co/IP5orrKPHT
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) October 2, 2020
Here's a Politico article saying that the barrage of anti-CDA 230 proposals from Congressional Republicans in the past few weeks is all about Trump, who brings it up every time they talk to him. https://t.co/OXsoaupw0t
— Daphne Keller (@daphnehk) October 1, 2020
The Trump administration is pressuring Senate Republicans to ratchet up scrutiny of social media companies it sees as biased against conservatives in the run-up to the November election.
— POLITICO (@politico) October 1, 2020
And the effort appears to be paying off. https://t.co/ucbZ8AmfFf
.@Jack has voluntarily agreed to testify virtually before the @SenateCommerce Committee on October 28 — less than a week before the US Presidential Election.
— Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) October 2, 2020
It must be constructive & focused on what matters most to the American people: how we work together to protect elections
Twitter comms: maybe no one will notice if we tweet this now https://t.co/DgMb46U4fz
— ???? ?????????. (@GregBensinger) October 2, 2020
My extraordinary colleagues at The Post are working nonstop to keep the country updated during this chaotic moment. Cut through the disinformation and the "takes." Follow the coverage here: https://t.co/5kJBIEdDFL
— Jose A. Del Real (@jdelreal) October 2, 2020
Read a damned newspaper today...https://t.co/aT1Oa7LwcRhttps://t.co/uXTpPEEL9v
— Terry Dresbach (@draiochta14) October 2, 2020
Big news: Senate Commerce secures a deal for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify just days before the election
— John Hendel (@JohnHendel) October 2, 2020
Our report at @politico https://t.co/QqfpYi02bs
NEW: Tech execs head back to the Hill Oct. 28, right before the election. I'm told the tech companies pushed for a post-election date was were told no. (h/t to old pal @JohnHendel for first reporting the hearing date) https://t.co/lI86FQVLpn
— Ashley Gold (@ashleyrgold) October 2, 2020
Trump's itching to pull a Putin and begin throwing reporters into jail. No doubt he will if he wins a second term.
— improper-ganda (@improper_ganda) December 5, 2019
Stop the Russianization of America -- vote Democratic across the boardhttps://t.co/Vsq1dZ3uJk #Freespeech #Journalism