The Senate Committee on State Affairs authorized subpoenas after hearing testimony claiming that Big Tech companies favor certain political candidates.AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Senators are working to protect Texans from political bias from Big Tech companies ahead of the upcoming election.
“There is strong evidence that big tech imposes their own biases to manipulate and stifle dissenting voices, undermining election integrity. Texas will not stand for that,Today the Senate Committee on State Affairs voted unanimously to authorize subpoenas to big tech firms like Facebook and Google. Protecting Texas land and assets was another key issue. The committee brought up the safety and security threat of foreign entities owning land in the state. This issue also brought up a discussion on issues with housing affordability in Texas.
A former software engineer for Google for 8.5 years, Zach Vorhies, shared a similar testimony of Google favoring certain candidates and creating biased algorithms. He also testified about how Google has many blacklists and ranks news media sites. He claimed that news sites that support Democrats are ranked the highest in the U.S.