{"id":395746,"date":"2021-04-07T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=395746"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:58:21","slug":"breaking-indiana-ag-launches-investigation-into-5-big-tech-companies-for-censoring-conservative-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-indiana-ag-launches-investigation-into-5-big-tech-companies-for-censoring-conservative-content\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Indiana AG Launches Investigation Into 5 Big Tech Companies For \u2018Censoring Conservative Content\u2019"},"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\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-indiana-ag-launches-investigation-into-5-big-tech-companies-for-censoring-conservative-content%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=395746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-691.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Wednesday he has launched an investigation into five Big Tech companies for allegedly censoring conservative content.<\/p>\n<p>The statement from Rokita\u2019s office said that the investigation centered around whether the companies \u201chave potentially harmed Indiana consumers through business practices that are abusive, deceptive and\/or unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, Attorney General Rokita is probing methods by which the companies have limited consumers\u2019 access to certain content \u2014 often deleting or obscuring posted material reflecting a politically conservative point of view,\u201d the statement said. \u201cSuch manipulation prevents consumers from making informed choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a free society, few assets are more important to consumers than access to information and the opportunity to express political viewpoints in meaningful forums,\u201d Rokita said. \u201cIt is potentially harmful and unfair for these companies to manipulate content in ways they do not publicly discuss or that consumers do not fully understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rokita is also probing alleged actions taken by attorney Vanita Gupta, a far-left activist that President Joe Biden has nominated to be associate attorney general at the Department of Justice, to \u201cencourage the companies to censor conservative viewpoints.\u201d The five companies that Rokita is probing include Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said that Gupta \u201chas allegedly met with Facebook and Twitter executives to urge \u2018more rigorous rules and enforcement,\u2019 to use her own words as quoted in <i>Time<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGupta, according to the <i>Time<\/i> article, stressed that it was important for social media platforms to be \u2018tagging things and taking them down,&#8217;\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story, refresh the page for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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