Google is again in the crosshair of the Republicans in Congress from the alleged censorship, Bloomberg WritesField judicial committee of the House of Representatives Say the garden The maternal company Google Alphabet and the general director of Sundar Pichai to evidence of the connection between the technological company and the Biden administration.
Subpoena In particular, they ask for documents covering the relationship between the alphabet and the executive branch, as well as the discussions that the alphabet could have an internal or third sides about these messages. The Committee hopes a snow braid Biden administration made requests for meta To remove Covid-19 misinformation in the case of “new legislative restrictions on the ability of the executive branch with Big Tech to limit the circulation of content and users of the deform,” the agenda says.
None of these problems is especially new. Pichai and other technological leaders were brought to Congress to explain things such as moderation of content, censorship and bias to. In the past, for members of Congress, it was basically a way to get sound bites, but the aggressive, retaliatory nature of the Trump administration can give these new requirements more teeth. Helping pay for Trump's inauguration And The appearance for photos In the end, I did not receive protection against Google, suggesting that he could not escape from The ongoing antimonopoly case Against this.
Technological companies can attract attention from the congress, but the idea that the current administration may want to make censorships of requirements does not seem to be a problem. President Trump expressed interest In use To doA bill intended to attract websites for hosting and not removing non-consistent intimate images (NCII) in order to eliminate any speech that he does not like. Catastrophic potential incorrect calls of the law were set out by activists beforeBut the bill adopted in the Senate and is now waiting for the ward to be absorbed.