The Senate Committee subpoenaed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after both platforms attempted to reduce circulation of a New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s influence peddling. Conservatives have criticized the social media platforms for alleged censorship of the Post article (National Review).
From the New York Post: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday falsely told senators that his company lifted a ban on users tweeting articles from The Post’s Hunter Biden exposé, despite the fact that the ban remained on one of The Post’s bombshell stories and was only lifted after he made the claim (NY Post).
Ted Cruz grilled Dorsey for blocking only stories that hurt Biden (Fox News).
From the Wall Street Journal: The dazed-looking Mr. Dorsey gave the impression he could not care less about his company’s abuse. Democratic Senators cheered on politicized social-media censorship and demanded the companies do more of it, giving a preview of the type of internet controls that might be coming if they control the Senate. “There’s no both sides when one side has chosen to reject truth,” said Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth (WSJ).
Despite what the "Democrats" like Duckworth say, robust political exchange is good for democracy.
CNN is joining in the censorship, refusing to run pro-Trump ads that point out Biden will raise taxes on the middle class (The Hill).
"Biggest take away from the big tech hearings: 1) Jack Dorsey is a partisan and a hypocrite. 2) There are no liberals left in the Democrat Party. Not a single Democrat Senator defended free speech or freedom of the press today. This should terrify Americans" (Dan Crenshaw - Twitter).
Despite what the "Democrats" like Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth say, robust political exchange is good for democracy.
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