{"id":570298,"date":"2021-06-22T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570298"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:52:18","slug":"big-tech-including-microsoft-is-out-to-get-conservatives-jim-jordan-slams-democrats-for-shielding-microsoft-from-antitrust-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-including-microsoft-is-out-to-get-conservatives-jim-jordan-slams-democrats-for-shielding-microsoft-from-antitrust-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big Tech, Including Microsoft, Is Out To Get Conservatives\u2019: Jim Jordan Slams Democrats For Shielding Microsoft From \u2018Antitrust Scrutiny\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\">38<\/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%2Fbig-tech-including-microsoft-is-out-to-get-conservatives-jim-jordan-slams-democrats-for-shielding-microsoft-from-antitrust-scrutiny%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=570298&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\/06\/GettyImages-1228184012-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>In a letter to Microsoft president Brad Smith, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued that Microsoft should face the same antitrust scrutiny as other Big Tech giants such as Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBig Tech, including Microsoft, Inc., is out to get conservatives,\u201d wrote Jordan. \u201cDespite Microsoft\u2019s size and market dominance, House Democrats curiously did not significantly examine Microsoft\u2019s conduct during their investigation of competition in digital markets. Democrats also seem to have excluded Microsoft from scrutiny in their large package of bills to radically rewrite American antitrust law. We write to request more information about these matters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jordan then continued to discuss Microsoft\u2019s history of acquiring companies and the Democrats\u2019 exclusion of the Big Tech giant from antitrust scrutiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOver the last three decades, Microsoft has acquired over 200 companies. At almost $2 trillion, Microsoft\u2019s current market valuation is second only to Apple, Inc. among American companies. Microsoft has a commanding position in various markets. Among the office suite market, for instance, Microsoft has captured an estimated 87.5 percent of the market. As Democrats have excluded Microsoft from antitrust scrutiny, commentators have noted how Microsoft has taken advantage of the circumstances to pursue an aggressive acquisition strategy,\u201d Jordan wrote. \u201cMicrosoft has also taken increasingly aggressive editorial control over content on its platforms. On behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, Microsoft has censored Bing search engine results of Tank Man on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests\u2014including results for users in the United States\u2014and has muzzled the voices of China critics on LinkedIn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMicrosoft has similarly censored conservative speech on LinkedIn in the United States,\u201d Jordan claimed, listing examples which included \u201cMicrosoft\u2019s censorship of posts related to Hunter Biden,\u201d the censorship of \u201ca post by an opinion editor at the Washington Times about Democrats\u2019 abuse of executive orders,\u201d and the restriction of \u201caccounts for posts related to COVID-19.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jordan then argued that \u201cMicrosoft is exerting editorial control over user-generated content in its word processing program, Microsoft Word,\u201d writing that \u201cMicrosoft Word\u2019s \u2018Ideas in Word\u2019 tool urges users to avoid language that Microsoft dislikes and instead to adopt language Microsoft considers to be appropriate and \u2018gender neutral.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNot only is this censorship Orwellian, but given Microsoft Word\u2019s vague terms of service \u2014 which prohibit any \u2018hate speech\u2019 or \u2018offensive language\u2019 as defined by Microsoft \u2014 this censorship creates the potential for Microsoft to prevent users from generating certain content on Microsoft Word altogether,\u201d Jordan wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is unclear why Microsoft has avoided significant attention from House Democrats,\u201d stated Jordan. \u201cThe Democrats\u2019 investigation excluded Microsoft from significant oversight and the Democrats\u2019 recently introduced bills include a definition of a \u2018covered platform\u2019 that could be read to exclude Microsoft. In fact, Rep. David Cicilline, the lead Democrat drafter of these bills, told Bloomberg that \u2018it would be up to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to make that determination.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Ohio Republican then requested the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>Does Microsoft consider itself to be a \u201ccovered platform\u201d as defined in the antitrust legislation introduced by House Democrats?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>If the antitrust legislation introduced by House Democrats becomes law, will Microsoft stop exerting editorial control over user content on its platforms?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>Please explain Microsoft\u2019s basis for censoring user content about Hunter Biden.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>Please explain Microsoft\u2019s basis for censoring user content about the origins of COVID-19.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>Please provide an accounting of all content moderation decisions made by LinkedIn over the last two years for users located within the United States or China, including which LinkedIn rule or policy the user allegedly violated and the content of the moderated post.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a letter to Microsoft president Brad Smith, Rep. 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