Big Tech’s monopoly powers must be broken up — conservatives should support our bipartisan antitrust reform bills.https://t.co/DWNtnfOZ9m
— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) June 23, 2021
"American consumers may appreciate some of the conveniences brought to them by Big Tech, but they also know that these conveniences come at a steep price. That price includes a lack of competition and consumer choice online.” – @RepKenBuck https://t.co/9y7htwajds
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) June 23, 2021
Rep. Ken Buck: Big Tech's monopoly powers must be broken up – conservatives should support antitrust reformhttps://t.co/ijFxorjUxq
— Andy (@andybg_andy) June 23, 2021
Well it’s about time! How can the Tech media control free speech in this coy?
.@RepKenBuck oped in @foxnews: All six bills have one thing in common: they take on Big Tech’s market dominance that allows them to throttle small businesses, limit consumer choice, and stifle conservative speech online. https://t.co/FXvDdMqnbA
— Internet Accountability Project (IAP) (@The_IAP) June 23, 2021
My latest @NewsweekOpinion piece:@Twitter suspended me for criticizing @JoeBiden’s open-border policieshttps://t.co/llEarXrkac
— ?? Mike Davis ?? (@mrddmia) June 23, 2021
“Twitter Suspended Me for Criticizing Biden's Open-Border Policies,” explains @mrddmia in today’s @NewsweekOpinion. https://t.co/0KWGGotmbd
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) June 23, 2021
Twitter suspended me for criticizing Biden's open-border policies | Opinion https://t.co/0MpaSxbbVE
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) June 23, 2021
As @JudiciaryGOP @HouseJudiciary prepare to mark up bills to rein in #BigTech, a thread from @mrddmia's new oped: https://t.co/57LjfWCMSB
— Internet Accountability Project (IAP) (@The_IAP) June 23, 2021
This is a call to use antitrust law against Twitter because it's supposedly a monopoly that unjustly suspended the author for an obnoxious tweet.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) June 23, 2021
In what possible sense is Twitter a monopoly? What does it have a monopoly on? The tweets on its own site?https://t.co/Vds5s6QXOV
Antitrust paper tigers like @GOPLeader and @Jim_Jordan can no longer get away with only viral speechifying or delivering empty threats on cable news.https://t.co/57LjfWCMSB
— Internet Accountability Project (IAP) (@The_IAP) June 23, 2021
The era of performative antitrust is over. It’s time for Republicans to stop talking and start trust busting.https://t.co/57LjfWCMSB
— Internet Accountability Project (IAP) (@The_IAP) June 23, 2021
House Republicans have publicly railed against the evils of Big Tech power. Now there's bipartisan legislation to dilute monopoly power & a new FTC chief ready to join. But 2 key House Republicans are stopping it: Kevin McCarthy & Jim Jordan.https://t.co/KdZQcceEOR
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 23, 2021
The GOP is torn between its instinctive obeisance to big corporate money & the paranoid fantasy among its base that Big Tech is censoring it & is thus an Enemy. (You will scan the article in vain for any discussion of policy merits.) https://t.co/Rq63zLtKBB
— David Roberts (@drvolts) June 23, 2021
GOP riven by infighting over Big Tech crackdown https://t.co/CzWA2kvQAq
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) June 23, 2021
You’re telling me that House R leaders may defer to their lobbyist allies who work for big tech and not actually want to crack down ?
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) June 23, 2021
“Some GOP lawmakers have blamed leadership-aligned lobbyists for working behind the scenes to tank the measures… https://t.co/BDI0BlNAwI
"Lofgren, a powerful member of the committee, is concerned that the [Big Tech] bills "go way, way farther than is necessary to get to the actual issues.'"
— David Dayen (@ddayen) June 23, 2021
She was almost chair, in which case there would be no markup. https://t.co/499YbWlzgk