Former Acting DNI Criticizes Republicans for Inaction on Big Techs’ Muzzling Conservatives
Richard Grenell, former acting director of the United States National Intelligence (DNI), said on Friday that the Republicans lost the opportunity to stop Big Tech companies from suppressing the voice of conservatives.
“They waited until they couldn’t suffer any Federal consequences Democrats like the help in silencing conservatives so Big Tech is now safe. Republicans missed their chance to stop this market manipulation,” Grenell, the special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations, tweeted in response to a post that said President Donald Trump has been banned on almost all social media.
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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.
Facebook said that the account posting the ads had been shut down in error, and was restored.
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