{"id":400978,"date":"2021-04-08T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400978"},"modified":"2021-04-08T17:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:58:36","slug":"im-launching-an-investigation-into-big-tech-censorship-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-launching-an-investigation-into-big-tech-censorship-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Launching An Investigation Into Big Tech Censorship. Here\u2019s Why."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fim-launching-an-investigation-into-big-tech-censorship-heres-why%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=400978&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-1002.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Big Tech\u2019s well-documented censorship of conservative voices should concern every liberty-loving American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s why I\u2019m taking action to hold these online platforms accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Indiana\u2019s Attorney General, I\u2019m launching investigations into Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter to examine ways in which their behavior potentially has harmed consumers in our state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One of my express duties as Attorney General is to protect consumers from harm caused by deceptive, unfair, or abusive business practices. In a free society, few assets are more important to citizens than access to information and the opportunity to express political viewpoints in meaningful forums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Declaration of Independence, our nation\u2019s founders proclaimed their grievances against the King of England based on the principle that government derives its \u201cjust powers\u201d from the \u201cconsent of the governed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In modern times, social media platforms have become the foremost outlets through which average citizens express either their consent or objection to government policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These methods give citizens not only the chance to speak, but a chance to be heard \u2014 and a chance to rally behind elected officeholders and other public figures who represent their values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We all can agree that government is constitutionally prohibited from suppressing political speech \u2014 that\u2019s First Amendment 101 \u2014 while businesses have rights to regulate the kinds of speech they accommodate on their properties.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But digital behemoths such as Facebook, Twitter and others are unique. They have monopolistic power to control much of the nation\u2019s information access and political dialogue. We therefore must sound an alarm when they use this power in a discriminatory way to suppress certain political views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Everyone knows there are appropriate limits to free speech. No one has the right to threaten the safety of others or incite violence or spread defamatory lies. But that\u2019s not the kind of censorship that concerns liberty-loving people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beyond the infamous banning of former President Donald Trump from Twitter, that platform went so far as blocking the spread of a New York Post story that exposed details of Hunter Biden\u2019s Ukrainian dealings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Simultaneously, Twitter had no problem spreading stories giving credibility to such hoaxes as Trump\u2019s supposed collusion with Russia. Twitter even allowed China\u2019s U.S. embassy to tweet propaganda justifying the mistreatment of Muslim minority women \u2014 only removing that tweet in response to intense public pressure (and a day after it permanently banned President Trump).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clearly, Twitter has a particular bent against conservatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As I launch our investigations, I will explore all possible remedies that I can undertake as Indiana\u2019s Attorney General to stop Big Tech\u2019s violations of liberty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, I will support the enactment of laws by our state legislature and the U.S. Congress that safeguard citizens\u2019 ability to freely access information online and express their views on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mega-billionaires who run Big Tech have plenty of means to protect their own prerogatives. I am more concerned about everyday Americans who have just as much right to the blessings of liberty as these rich and powerful magnates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The corporate giants who control the digital universe must offer more than empty rhetoric to protect free speech. The ability to engage in open debate \u2014 across ideological and partisan divides \u2014 lies at the heart of America\u2019s promise. This moment calls for us to defend the real-life process of liberty in action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Todd Rokita is Indiana\u2019s attorney general.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tech\u2019s well-documented censorship of conservative voices should concern every liberty-loving American.That\u2019s why I\u2019m taking action to hold these online platforms accountable.As Indiana\u2019s Attorney General, I\u2019m launching investigations into Amazon, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311891,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1002.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"I\u2019m Launching An Investigation Into Big Tech Censorship. 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