Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced that he had sent subpoenas to the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft seeking information on “the federal government’s reported collusion with Big Tech to suppress free speech.”
House Republicans are calling on big technology companies to cough up documents about their dealings with the Biden administration over online content moderationin an escalation of their efforts to advance allegations that Silicon Valley and Democrats are engaged in a broad conspiracyRep.
Conservatives have claimed for several years, often with primarily anecdotal evidence, that social media companies are “censoring” conservative viewpoints online and favoring Democrats. Last week, the Republican-led House held a hearing with former Twitter executives about the social media company’s decision to briefly block sharing a New York Post story about Hunter Biden.
Twitter was absent from Jordan’s subpoenas Wednesday. The social media company is now run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has signaled that he is sympathetic to the conservative concern and has said he is concerned about online “free speech suppression.” Congressional subpoenas pointed at tech companies are relatively rare. The former Twitter executives were subpoenaed to testify at their own request. And a Democrat-led House panel subpoenaed several tech companies abut election misinformation while investigating theSpokespeople for Microsoft and Meta said the companies had started producing documents for the committee. Amazon declined to comment. Apple and Alphabet did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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