Communications Decency Act

Alan Dershowitz described YouTube and Facebook as “partisan political tools” which should not be viewed as neutral platforms.

Alan Dershowitz dared YouTube to censor him for interviewing Breitbart’s Joel Pollak, author of “Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.”

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced legislation on Friday that would limit big tech companies’ unconditional Section 230 legal immunity to censor or moderate content without significant legal recourse.

The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday about big tech’s election interference and censorship practices.

The Department of Justice will submit a proposal to Congress that would curb big tech’s legal immunity, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Congress cannot be trusted to take on Big Tech censorship because Silicon Valley has purchased politicians’ compliance, warned Matt Gaetz.

Republicans must use every legislative instrument available to combat big tech’s political censorship, said Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr unveiled his outline for tackling big tech censorship, dominance on the Internet, and anticompetitive practices in an op-ed on Monday.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that there is “definitely” a parallel between Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and qualified immunity, contending that big tech and law enforcement both need “transparency and accountability.”

Political censorship from the world’s largest technology companies places elections at risk through manipulation of information, warned Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), offering his comments on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) described the world’s largest technology companies — naming Google, Facebook, and Twitter — as “monopolies,” adding that she and her colleagues are considering the use of antitrust laws and reevaluation of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to address their shared political censorship and shaping of information access.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mike O’Rielly’s skepticism on the agency’s ability to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act signals that any reform is “dead on arrival,” one source familiar with the White House’s thinking told Breitbart News on Monday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday previewed upcoming executive action targeting social media companies for censoring conservatives.

Internet Accountability Project (IAP) Senior Adviser Rachel Bovard told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday that criticism over big tech should be a core issue for conservatives.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference Tuesday that she “lost” her fight to remove a provision granting big tech companies expanded immunity in the USMCA. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News that they still have big reservations over the immunity’s inclusion in the trade deal. 

Louisiana Attorney General (AG) Jeff Landry told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that many state attorneys general have “had enough” of big tech, and they will “take action” after significant investigations.

Tuesday on CNBC’s “The Exchange,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) discussed his issues with certain tech companies and their treatment of conservative voices, which is a stark contrast to that of views on the other side of the ideological spectrum.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive comment Friday that he has started circulating a letter around the House, sounding the alarm about how the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) could codify big tech’s ability to censor conservatives.

Republican Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) Noah Phillips dismissed the idea of using the agency’s antitrust authority to address social media giants’ censorship practices.

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 5 regarding his company’s censorship practices.

Former FCC Wireless Bureau Chief Fred Campbell told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday that “We the people should decide” whether Google, Facebook, and Twitter can censor and block content.

Jim Jordan told Breitbart News in an interview that social media giants “cannot say they’re an open platform” and then restrict free speech.

The House Judiciary Committee announced Friday that it will hold a hearing on July 17 regarding Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s censorship practices.

Fred Campbell stated that the “Safe Harbor” protection for Facebook and Google allows social media giants to censor at will.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, arguing that thanks to Facebook and Google’s censorship practices, free speech “is endangered even here in America.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommended usingantitrust laws to curb the “massive power” of Facebook and other technology companies during a Tuesday interview with SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Breitbart News Tonight.

President Trump signed the FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex trafficking bill last Thursday, the same day Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge related to the shutdown of what Attorney General Jeff Sessions called “the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex.”

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