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Conservative lawmakers appeared ready and willing for a fight to protect free speech from Big Tech’s tyrannical grip at an event hosted to feature solutions.
The Ethics & Public Policy Center held a Big Tech Symposium that allowed politicians, experts and attorneys to discuss issues like Section 230 and antitrust, along with possible solutions. Several lawmakers, including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), discussed the dangers of Big Tech censorship and their proposals for breaking up Big Tech and reigning in Section 230.
Hawley primarily discussed the power that Big Tech companies hold over the market. He said that Big Tech exercises “an amount of political control and political influence that is dangerous to republican government.” He introduced two antitrust bills in April. The Bust Up Big Tech Act would hold massive tech companies accountable for attempting to take over multiple industries. Th
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Amazon has agreed to acquire MGM for US$8.45 billion.
It s tempting to suggest the deal is largely about MGM s catalogue of films and TV shows.
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