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Conservative groups leveraging Big Tech hearing for political change

Conservative groups want Congress' face-off with Big Tech to build political momentum to hold companies responsible for purported bias and censorship but disagree about how to do it.

David Cicilline, Jim Jordan rip Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos over bias, antitrust violations

Lawmakers clobbered Big Tech CEOs on Wednesday with accusations of political bias and using ruthless business practices to crush and absorb competitors, knocking Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos back on their heels.

GOP lawmaker questions Facebook CEO about Twitter’s action against Trump’s son

The Twitter habits of Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, became a focal point for lawmakers questioning Big Tech titan about alleged conservative bias on social media platforms.

Jim Jordan: ‘Big tech’ is out to get conservatives

Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday helped kick off an antitrust hearing with the CEOs of tech company giants by saying that "big tech" is out to get conservatives.

Zuckerberg defends Facebook as American rampart against Chinese takeover

TikTok dismisses Senate concerns over Chinese threat to election security

Seven Republican senators wrote to the heads of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to determine whether China is using TikTok to interfere in the 2020 election. TikTok says nobody needs to worry.

Big Tech CEOs expect to be grilled over antitrust issues, role in elections by Congress

The titans of Big Tech are heading to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to fend off lawmakers' attempts to break up their companies.

Twitter cracks down on Trump Jr. over alleged coronavirus misinformation video

Twitter said Tuesday it restricted the account for Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, from posting after he shared content that the company deemed misinformation about coronavirus.

Quinton Lucas, Kansas City mayor: Trump trying to leverage city’s ‘pain’ to win reelection

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said Sunday his city has 60 unsolved murders but he thinks President Trump is looking to leverage his city's "pain" to help him win reelection.

Mark Meadows: GOP unemployment insurance extension proposal coming Monday

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said that Republicans will unveil their plan to provide an unemployment insurance extension on Monday.

Val Demings: Trump willing to ‘cheat to win,’ welcomes foreign election meddling

Rep. Val Demings, Florida Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump is willing to "cheat to win" and welcomes foreign meddling in U.S. elections, claims that Mr. Trump has long disputed.

John Lewis’ body to cross Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama

The late Rep. John Lewis' body will be carried across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday morning.

William Evanina, counterintelligence chief, warns China, Iran, Russia trying to influence election

William R. Evanina, director of U.S. counterintelligence, warned that China, Iran, and Russia have engaged in active measures to influence political opinion ahead of the November election.

Twitter says attackers read dozens of users’ private messages during cyberattack

Twitter is acknowledging that hackers in an attack last week read dozens of its users' private messages, including those of an elected official in the Netherlands, and eight users had their private data downloaded by the hackers.

Top lobbying firms report over 25% increase in revenue

Lobbyists are cashing in on Congress' debates about how to spend trillions of dollars on coronavirus relief legislation.

Jim Jordan pushes Democrats to bring Twitter CEO into antitrust hearing on Big Tech

Rep. Jim Jordan wants Democrats controlling the House Judiciary Committee to invite Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to attend an antitrust hearing with Big Tech leaders next week.

Life Time CEO wants government to subsidize 80% of its coronavirus-related losses

Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi asked Congress to subsidize up to 80% of the losses of his company and others that could prove they were damaged by the economic downturn resulting from the coronavirus outbreak.

Google says tech error caused search problems, not political bias

Google said Tuesday it did not deliberately censor various websites from its search results because of any political bias.

Stanford researchers uncover Chinese influence campaign on coronavirus

Stanford Internet Observatory researchers published a new report Monday saying China has an "extensive influence apparatus" that utilizes broadcast, print, and social media to change public opinion on coronavirus.

FreedomWorks mounts six-figure ad campaign opposing prescription drug price control proposals

FreedomWorks said Tuesday it will spend a six-figure sum on a new ad campaign opposing price control proposals on prescription drugs.