{"id":1755503,"date":"2022-11-29T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755503"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:48:15","slug":"raw-exercise-of-monopolistic-power-desantis-demands-congressional-action-if-apple-dumps-twitter-from-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raw-exercise-of-monopolistic-power-desantis-demands-congressional-action-if-apple-dumps-twitter-from-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Raw Exercise Of Monopolistic Power\u2019: DeSantis Demands Congressional Action If Apple Dumps Twitter From App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida Republican Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/joe-scarborough-floats-questionable-theory-on-why-people-like-ron-desantis-better-than-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> called on Congress to take action if Apple Inc. moved to take Twitter off the app store, saying that would constitute a \u201craw exercise of monopolistic power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was discussing infrastructure projects in Duval County, Florida, when he pivoted to address several other issues \u2014 beginning with the continued <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/how-protesters-in-china-are-cleverly-defying-their-communist-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-related lockdowns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/protesters-call-for-xi-jinping-to-step-down-over-chinas-extreme-covid-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a>\u00a0in China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RX4tafgD9m\">pic.twitter.com\/RX4tafgD9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1597629806199246848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis began by citing reports that Apple was not allowing protesters to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/apple-restricts-airdrop-file-sharing-china-protesters-used\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AirDrop function<\/a> to communicate, arguing that was effectively \u201cgiving aid and comfort to the CCP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so you see that report and that\u2019s very concerning,\u201d he continued, going on to say that it was actually more concerning to hear reports that Apple might be planning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/qai\/2022\/11\/29\/apple-threatens-to-remove-twitter-from-app-storeaccording-to-elon-musk\/?sh=1ea5440c2d89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remove Twitter<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/go-to-war-musk-targets-apple-claiming-it-canceled-ads-threatened-to-boot-twitter-from-app-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app store<\/a> in the wake of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk\u2019s takeover of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then when you also hear reports that Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from the app store because Elon Musk is actually opening it up for free speech and is restoring a lot of accounts that were unfairly and illegitimately suspended for putting out accurate information about COVID, that\u2019s like one of the main things that\u2019s being reinstated,\u201d DeSantis added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many things these experts were wrong at, and you had people on Twitter that were calling that out and Twitter \u2014 the old regime at Twitter, their response was to try to just suffocate the dissent, and Elon Musk knows that\u2019s not a winning formula,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so he\u2019s providing free speech, and so if Apple responds to that by nuking them from the app store, you know, I think that would be a huge, huge mistake,\u201d DeSantis concluded. \u201cAnd it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be a vassal of the CCP on one hand and then use your corporate power in the United States on the other to suffocate Americans and try to suppress their right to express themselves,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis added as an aside that he knew there was still a lot of work to do with regard to Big Tech, but said that he was pleased with the progress that had already been made at Twitter in just the short time since Musk took over control of the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis called on Congress to take action if Apple Inc. moved to take Twitter off the app store, saying that would constitute a \u201craw exercise of monopolistic power.\u201d DeSantis was discussing infrastructure projects in Duval County, Florida, when he pivoted to address several other issues \u2014 beginning with the continued COVID-related 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