Category: Big Tech

Greens Call Tiktok Ban a Publicity Stunt, Opposition Wants Nationwide Ban

The Greens have called the federal government’s decision to ban TikTok on all government devices a publicity stunt to mask the Albanese government’s failings on data privacy across the social media spectrum. Greens party digital rights spokesperson, Senator David Shoebridge, said that banning TikTok is not a serious reform and argued it could just be…


‘The Largest Censorship Operation in Recent American History’: Sen. Schmitt on Big Tech–Government Collusion

Freshman Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on March 30 accused President Joe Biden’s administration of running “the largest censorship operation in recent American history” by its dealings with social media platforms. “The Biden administration has led the largest speech censorship operation in recent American history,” Schmitt said in testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the…


PREMIERING NOW: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


Judge Dismisses Biden Admin’s Motion to Dismiss Big Tech Collusion Case

A federal court in Louisiana has denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a landmark case alleging collusion between the federal government and Big Tech to censor disfavored users and viewpoints related to COVID-19. In Missouri v. Biden, the states of Louisiana and Missouri allege that social media companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and…


PREMIERING 3/21 at 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” Mark…


Elon Musk to Reveal Algorithms Twitter Uses to Recommend Content

Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that he will publicly share the algorithms that Twitter uses to recommend content in the coming weeks. “Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st,” Musk said in a March 17 tweet. Social media algorithms can connect users with people they may know, groups, artists,…


Ted Cruz Launches New Senate Probe, Demands Answer From Big Tech Chiefs

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has launched a new Senate probe into Big Tech through the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST). Cruz sent four letters to the chief officers of TikTok, Meta, Twitter, and Google asking for information about their platforms’ algorithms. In each of the four letters Cruz, the ranking member of…


House Passes Bill to Prohibit Collusion Between Federal Government, Big Tech to Censor Lawful Speech

The House passed a bill on March 9 that would prohibit the federal government from colluding with Big Tech to censor lawful speech. The bill passed 219–206. The bill, which is likely dead on arrival in the Democrat-controlled Senate, was introduced by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Ahead of the…