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I don't know where you got the idea that Democrats think this is a witch hunt. Are you talking to Democrats who work in tech and/or the companies being hunted?
by smt88 5y ago
I don't know where you got the idea that Democrats think this is a witch hunt. Are you talking to Democrats who work in tech and/or the companies being hunted?
House Democrats were unable to find Republicans to support a recent antitrust investigation's recommendations[1].
Prominent Democrats have been pushing reinvigorating antitrust legislation for years[2], in fact.
The only partisan issue is whether the govt can or should compel social media platforms to carry speech that they don't want to carry, which is a violation of the First Amendment[3] and something Republicans support.
1. https://www.protocol.com/critics-say-what-house-democrats-got-wrong-big-tech https://www.protocol.com/critics-say-what-house-democrats-go...
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/breaking-from-tech-giants-democrats-consider-becoming-an-antimonopoly-party/2017/09/04/3edc7e92-8f56-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/breaking-from-tech-...
3. https://www.lawfareblog.com/no-florida-cant-regulate-online-speech https://www.lawfareblog.com/no-florida-cant-regulate-online-...