New committee could force major tech platforms to fork over communications with the White House.
“The collusion of Big Tech and Big Government to advance censorship undeniably undermines liberty and jeopardizes our country’s First Amendment values and protections,” Jordan wrote in his letters.
Numerous Democratic lawmakers, including Arizona representative Raul Grijalva, said it was highly unlikely the new committee would receive support outside of the Republican party.“I don’t think there is any potential merit because it’s already tainted,” Grijalva said in anwith The Intercept. “The preface to this has been all the comments the Republican majority in the House have made relative to the FBI, relative to spying on Trump, relative to going through our mail and conspiracy theories.
California representative Ro Khanna, meanwhile, pushed back against Republicans who are currently attempting to brand the new “weaponization” committee as a type of spiritual successor to the 1975 Church Committee.“To compare these is a total misunderstanding of what the Church Committee did,” Khanna told The Intercept.
White House spokesman on investigations Ian Sams, likewise derided the committee as focused on, “pointless political stunts.”Though a panel developed with a stated mission of sussing out perceived tech bias might seem like bad news for tech companies, NetChoice, a major trade organization whose
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