السبت، 1 أغسطس 2020

Big Tech must be brought to heel over election influencing: Devine

As the war on conservative voices online reaches fever pitch in the run-up to November’s presidential election, Silicon Valley’s oligarchy finally was called to account Wednesday on ­Capitol Hill.

“Big Tech is out to get conservatives” Ohio Republican Jim Jordan told the bosses of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. “That’s not a suspicion, that’s not a hunch. That’s a fact.”

Then he laid out a litany of censorship atrocities in a blistering opening statement before the congressional antitrust panel.

They included:
Google removing conservative Web site Breitbart from its search results.
Amazon’s video site Twitch suspending President Trump’s account “after he raises concerns about defunding the police.”
Facebook removing posts from Trump’s re-election campaign.
 Amazon temporarily banning an e-book critical of coronavirus lockdowns written by conservative commentator Alex Berenson.
Amazon charity site Amazon Smile “won’t let you give to the [pro-life, pro-marriage] Family Research Council . . . but you can give to Planned Parenthood.”
Facebook admitting to banning pro-life advertisements in 2018 during Ireland’s abortion referendum.
 Former Facebook employees admitting to Gizmodo that the social-media behemoth routinely suppresses conservative views.
 Google and YouTube censoring content that conflicts with World Health Organization recommendations.


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