Ted Cruz confronts Google with an internal presentation showing how tech companies are leaning toward censorship

Canada News News

Ted Cruz confronts Google with an internal presentation showing how tech companies are leaning toward censorship
Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines
  • 📰 CNBC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 46 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 72%

Ted Cruz confronts Google with internal presentation showing Big Tech leaning toward censorship

Google vice president for government affairs & public policy Karan Bhatia made his first public testimony Tuesday.

Senator Ted Cruz opened his questioning with an acquired 2018 presentation that showed tech firms including Google, are unbalanced when it comes to free speech.In his first line of questioning forduring a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz, R-Tx., displayed a Google presentation dated 2018 suggesting that tech firms, including Google, were moving away from unmediated free speech and toward censorship.

Google Vice President for Government Affairs & Public Policy, Karan Bhatia appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss censorship through search engines on Tuesday. Google has faced concern from Republican politicians including Senator Cruz, who allege the company censors right-leaning search results.

Cruz showed a presentation slide that read "Tech firms are performing a balancing act between two incompatible positions." The slide included logos from

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

CNBC /  🏆 12. in US

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Father Ted's Brendan Grace laid to rest as thousands come to mourn at funeralFather Ted's Brendan Grace laid to rest as thousands come to mourn at funeralFather Ted comedian Brendan Grace, who died last week aged 68, is being laid to rest in a star-studded funeral in Dublin today
Read more »

Keanu Reeves Crushing On Co-Star Samara Weaving?Keanu Reeves Crushing On Co-Star Samara Weaving?Keanu Reeves is not crushing on Bill & Ted Face the Music co-star Samara Weaving, despite a bogus tabloid report. Gossip Cop can debunk the story.
Read more »

Jeffrey Epstein attended the 'Billionaires' Dinner' and now his presence has been scrubbedJeffrey Epstein attended the 'Billionaires' Dinner' and now his presence has been scrubbedIn the early 2000s, Jeffery Epstein would hobnob with the who&39;s who of academia, literature and Silicon Valley at literary agent John Brockman&39;s gathering dubbed the "Billionaires&39; Dinner,” an annual event held during the TED conference in Monterey, California.
Read more »

'Google is not a patriotic company,' says co-founder of data-mining company Palantir'Google is not a patriotic company,' says co-founder of data-mining company PalantirJoe Lonsdale says his fellow Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel was 'courageous' for speaking out against Alphabet's Google.
Read more »

U.S. proposes barring big tech companies from offering financial services, digital currenciesU.S. proposes barring big tech companies from offering financial services, digital currenciesA proposal to prevent big technology companies from functioning as financial ins...
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-03-16 17:25:08