Sen. Bill Hagerty Aims to Make Big Tech Platforms Common Carriers

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has introduced a invoice that takes goal at a key vulnerability of Big Tech — their emerging resemblance to popular carriers.
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has introduced a bill that takes aim at a key vulnerability of Big Tech — their increasing resemblance to common carriers.Original article
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  1. "Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Google are waging a massive lobbying offensive in Washington DC to halt the passage of major antitrust legislation". (June 25, 2021)
  2. "President Donald Trump tweeted from the official @POTUS account following his permanent ban from Twitter, condemning the company's censorship and signaling that he intends to move to a new social network, or build a replacement. The tweets promptly disappeared from the account". (January 9, 2021)
  3. "Freedom of speech on the internet did not lead to a rise in "hate crimes," according to a report sent from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Congress in January a report that has yet to appear on any government website". (March 3, 2021)
  4. "Facebook is officially designating the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who allegedly killed two people in Kenosha after being mobbed and attacked by rioters, a "mass murder," despite the fact that this has not been proven in court. Facebook confirmed that it would remove any posts that support Rittenhouse". (September 3, 2020)
  5. "Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally issued a public comment on his platform's decision to censor what is arguably the top story in America today, theNew York Post'spublication of a cache of emails revealing hitherto unknown alleged links between Vice President Joe Biden and Burisma, a Ukrainian gas giant for which his son worked". (October 15, 2020)
  6. "The official account of the GOP Senate Majority reported that Facebook shut down Republican ads aimed at voters in the upcoming Georgia runoff, on the same day that it passed the National Defense Authorization Act without the repeal of Section 230 requested by President Donald Trump". (January 3, 2021)
  7. "The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether or not to hear a case brought by Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, alleging that the Masters of the Universe have been discriminating on the basis of viewpoint and coordinating with each other in an anticompetitive manner". (February 16, 2021)
  8. "Given Big Tech's flagrant interference in the 2020 election a steal, out in the open, in front of everyone it's tempting to welcome any regulatory or legal action that might punish them". (January 3, 2021)
  9. "Psychologist and search engine expert Dr. Robert Epstein appeared on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight yesterday to reveal his findings on Google's search manipulation in the 2020 election, which Epstein claims could have shifted a minimum of six million votes in one direction". (November 24, 2020)
  10. "Facebook has restricted the page of Tucker Carlson, the most popular cable news host in the country, smearing the Fox News host as sharing "false news". (September 26, 2020)
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