A Washington free speech advocate lashed into two Democratic Party senators this week who recently challenged Facebook for censoring pro-abortion posts.
“Big Tech monopolists regularly…
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July 13th, 2022 3:01 PM | Catherine Salgado
June 15th, 2022 10:55 AM | Catherine Salgado
Comedian and late night host John Oliver slammed Amazon’s and Google’s antitrust practices on his show and urged antitrust reform.
HBO’s Last Week Tonight host John Oliver took aim at…
June 14th, 2022 8:28 AM | Autumn Johnson
Google offered to allow ads from rival companies to settle an antitrust investigation.
CNBC reported that the company hoped this action would avoid a fine from a European Union antitrust…
March 30th, 2022 9:49 AM | Autumn Johnson
Big Tech faced yet another blow from the Department of Justice.
Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, the DOJ sent letters to members of the congressional judiciary committees…
March 28th, 2022 5:51 PM | Brian Bradley
Congress should target monopolies as it advances Big Tech legislation, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said last week. “If ninety percent of your searches go through one search engine…
March 23rd, 2022 6:08 PM | Autumn Johnson
The Department of Justice requested that Google be sanctioned in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit.
The basis of the suit was surrounded by the argument that Google was a monopoly. Reclaim The…
February 2nd, 2022 6:32 PM | Alexander Hall
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) torched the news media for being a “source of misinformation” as senators discussed a proposal to allow news outlets to coordinate ad negotiations with Big Tech. MRC Vice…
February 1st, 2022 4:44 PM | Catherine Salgado
The debate over the bipartisan antitrust American Innovation and Choice Online Act just took a new direction, as censorship advocates indicated that one provision could protect the free speech of…
January 31st, 2022 9:27 AM | Brian Bradley
The “Big Four” tech companies – Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple – spent more than $55 million lobbying the federal government in 2021 to stave off antitrust legislation. That’s a $21 million…
January 21st, 2022 4:37 PM | Catherine Salgado
Google reportedly increased its U.S. lobbying spending by 27 percent in 2021, as lawmakers began a push to enact new tech legislation to regulate the industry.
Google, which is owned by…
January 19th, 2022 4:25 PM | Catherine Salgado
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer decides what bills come up for a Senate vote. But with Schumer’s daughters employed by Facebook and Amazon, antitrust legislation may go the way of President…
January 18th, 2022 3:38 PM | Alexander Hall
A lawsuit filed by 16 states and one territory alleged Google and Facebook negotiated an underhanded agreement to rig online advertising in their favor.
The most powerful companies in…
January 18th, 2022 3:18 PM | Catherine Salgado
The new Tech Oversight Project reportedly aims to pressure lawmakers to pass competition regulation for tech companies. The project is funded by liberal billionaire Pierre Omidyar and Facebook co-…
January 7th, 2022 4:26 PM | Catherine Salgado
As Congress proposes more tech-regulating bills, the head of the Internet Accountability Project said Big Tech platforms’ “unchallenged growth is a threat to the conservative movement.”
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January 4th, 2022 1:45 PM | Catherine Salgado
Tech giants Google and Amazon are reportedly calling on local governments and small businesses to warn lawmakers against supporting antitrust legislation affecting Big Tech. The U.S. House and…
September 24th, 2021 6:55 PM | Autumn Johnson
Multiple conservative groups have come out in support of antitrust bills in Congress.
The American Principles Project, the Internet Accountability Project, and American Majority are just…
September 16th, 2021 10:23 PM | P.J. Gladnick
Censorship? The press says: Hey, no problem!
You might expect (in sane times) the press would be in favor of more freedom of speech. Instead, Politico is not only uncritically covering …
September 13th, 2021 6:36 PM | Autumn Johnson
Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine amended his antitrust complaint against Amazon to include the company’s relationships with wholesale suppliers.
The lawsuit alleges that the…
July 9th, 2021 12:04 PM | Kayla Sargent
Big Tech companies have readily censored anyone they disagree with for years. Now, a new book from nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin details their radical motives.
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July 7th, 2021 6:25 PM | Autumn Johnson
Thirty-six states and Washington D.C. have sued Google over alleged antitrust violations in the Android app store.
The California federal court case challenges a recently expanded Google…
June 30th, 2021 2:20 PM | Kayla Sargent
In a second major legal win for Facebook this week, a federal judge dismissed another lawsuit that would have held Facebook accountable for censoring content it disagreed with.
California…
June 29th, 2021 6:06 PM | Kayla Sargent
Conservative lawmakers appeared ready and willing for a fight to protect free speech from Big Tech’s tyrannical grip at an event hosted to feature solutions.
The Ethics & Public Policy…
June 24th, 2021 9:15 PM | Kayla Sargent
Republicans and Democrats have largely agreed that Big Tech has too much power. Yet, despite some agreement, the debate has raged on as Congress tries to determine how to hold companies like…
June 24th, 2021 1:13 PM | Alexander Hall
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows warned that conservatives should be skeptical of a Democrat-led effort to shape how Big Tech impacts the United…
June 23rd, 2021 4:14 PM | Alexander Hall
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) torched fellow politicians for denying that Big Tech needs an antitrust reckoning, especially those Republicans who are taking money from Big Tech.
Lee raked fellow…