Senator Mike Lee calls on tech companies to be more open about their political biases

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dominating the online advertising and social media space, Lee noted that antitrust laws are not in place simply to break up big companies because they are big.doesn't always mean bad," Lee said."The question is not whether the company is big, but whether the company acted anti-competitive manner."

"This would hold tech companies accountable if they misrepresent their content moderation policies by stating that the violation of their own policies or comment from their CEOs would constitute an unfair or deceptive act in violation of Section Five of the Federal Trade Commission Act.""My concern with censorship by Big Tech is who makes the call of what would constitute misinformation or hate speech," he said.

"A private, for-profit corporation has the right to stand for whatever political position it wants," Lee said."My point is if they are going to do that, they have to be honest about what they are."

 

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