Big Tech’s reign of terror may soon come to an end, and today, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) further explained how.
Blackburn held an informal discussion via Zoom to discuss The Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act, which she introduced alongside Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Blackburn mentioned that she hoped the bill would “increase accountability” for Big Tech companies and make them consider why they are removing a post and give a reason for it. "[W]hat the U.S. has not done is slapped their hand,” she said of these companies.
During the discussion, Blackburn discussed the need to hold tech companies accountable for the censorship of conservative viewpoints in particular and .
Blackburn’s opposition to online censorship isn’t just theoretical either: she has been censored on social media on multiple occasions herself.
She also mentioned that, when one of her ads was removed, her team had to wait for days to discover that Twitter did not like the pro-life language she had used.
In August, the FCC announced that it would take public comment on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship in May. In June, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) sent an open letter to the FCC encouraging it to “take a fresh look at Section 230” and to interpret the vague standard of ‘good faith’ with specific guidelines and direction.”
Conservatives are under attack. Contact the FCC at 1-888-225-5322 and/or via the MRC’s FCC contact form to give your take on the petition filed by the Department of Commerce regarding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives.
