Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, opened his testimony at Wednesday's hearing on competition in digital marketplaces by accusing Big Tech of censoring conservative voices.
“I’ll just cut to the chase, Big Tech is out to get conservatives," Jordan asserted during his opening remarks at the hearing. “That’s not a hunch, that’s not a suspicion, that’s a fact.”
Jordan's remarks came at the start of a hearing featuring Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
The GOP lawmaker listed a series of instances where social media companies have removed certain content — including misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic that is contradicted by the World Health Organization — in arguing that there is active, systemic censorship.
“I’ll just cut to the chase, Big Tech is out to get conservatives," Jordan asserted during his opening remarks at the hearing. “That’s not a hunch, that’s not a suspicion, that’s a fact.”
Jordan's remarks came at the start of a hearing featuring Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
The GOP lawmaker listed a series of instances where social media companies have removed certain content — including misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic that is contradicted by the World Health Organization — in arguing that there is active, systemic censorship.
Jim Jordan by Gage Skidmore is licensed under flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
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