InfoTech & Telecom News is a publication of The Heartland Institute. Libertarians advancing freedom in the digital economy.
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In reality, this is a great gift.
NOW, *any* big tech censorship can be accurately described as action on behalf of the Federal Government and the First Amendment applies!!
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Dem Senator Suggests Biden Team Up with Facebook to Stamp Out Speech They Don't Like westernjournal.com/scary-dem…
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Me on the @jeffkatzshow yesterday. A pretty good conversation. -> Florida Aims to Protect Free Speech on Social Media omny.fm/shows/jeff-katz/flor…
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"... should work to protect users’ personal information that they gather against our will and then allow hostile nations to steal and exploit. Shame on you, Big Tech."
- Heartland Institute President James Taylor
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Government regulation of social media is not optimal, as Obama would say. But Big Tech has abused its power to such an extent that this announcement was inevitable. We just couldn't let the Wild West of the Internet be, could we? And by "we," I mostly mean Big Tech.
I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230.
Read my full statement below.
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Four years ago BuzzFeed posted the Steele Dossier, filled with lies and misinformation, and twitter and Facebook happily spread their fake news. Now these platforms are blocking transmission of a New York Post story critical of a Democrat. The hypocrisy is not sustainable.
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Dear Twitter and Facebook: Maybe you should ease up on the censorship just a little bit. People get restless when you're too obvious about controlling what they see and hear, you know what I mean? Love, Kim Jong-un
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Hearing Dems criticize Big Tech for "picking winners and losers" in the marketplace is a little surreal. Congressional Dems support using gov't to pick winners and losers in energy policy; still want FB to pick liberals as "winners" in speech over conservatives. #TechHearings
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All scientific advancement will now depend on if social media overlords like the people who promote it.
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Federalist Co-Founder Sean Davis Responds To NBC, Google Deplatforming Attempt thefederalist.com/2020/06/16…
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Let’s hope that @realDonaldTrump will actually come through with an executive order that will prompt @YouTube to stop the ShadowBanning! 💪🏻
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I love the @InTheTankPod. Alinsky's ghost does not.
One of our best@inthetankpod, and most fun. Especially the "pre-show" chat with @justinthaskins about cats. @thefrackingguy -> In The Tank (Ep238) – Bernie Drops Out! Good Coronavirus News? youtu.be/5SQKkh5kCd0 via @YouTube
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These two companies need to be regulated as "common carriers" under Title II.
There should be enforced "net... fb.me/98e40aDSC
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I'm not sure there's another single story out there right now that shows the bias of news outlets by who they say schooled whom. teapawt.net/Salon/status/942841958…
Mark Hamill schools Ted Cruz: Why using "Star Wars" to make a point about net neutrality doesn't have the force ow.ly/nUMJ30hiS5o
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FCC chairman Ajit Pai @ajitpaifcc joins The Heartland Daily Podcast to discuss net neutrality! Check it out at bit.ly/2ANCwGB #NetNeutrality #RestoringInternetFreedom
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Why Concerns About Net Neutrality Are Overblown, by @KenEngelhart
#TitleII =/= #NetNeutrality nytimes.com/2017/12/04/opini…
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One would think supporters of govt regulated/controlled Internet would have more sophisticated Twitter bots. @CongHuelskamp is no longer in Congress. #astroturfing #fakenews #NetNeutraility teapawt.net/jakesuellentrop/status…
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It is indeed suicide! The goto browser for the independent individual has caved in to #Soros Media Matters crap. The dominoes are falling. teapawt.net/catoletters/status/925…
Mozilla Suicide: FIREFOX browsers will soon block “fake news” flagged by George Soros-linked left-wing groups naturalnews.com/2017-08-14-f…
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Want to deploy more broadband? Get the feds out of the way @Tstruble @theJoeKane thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl…
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Best part of today's #FCC meeting?
The angry #TitleII mob has to sit through all this other mind-numbing shit first
fcc.gov/news-events/events/2…