‘Big Tech Is Out to Get Conservatives’: Jim Jordan Confronts Tech CEOs
Big tech CEOs received harsh criticism from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday accusing them of targeting conservative content. Jordan did not waste any time during the hearing and…
Big tech CEOs received harsh criticism from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday accusing them of targeting conservative content.
Jordan did not waste any time during the hearing and directed his message at Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google.
“I’ll just cut to the chase. Big tech’s out to get conservatives,” Jordan said. “That’s not a suspicion, that’s not a hunch, that’s a fact.”
Jordan went on to list a number of occasions where these tech empires censored conservative voices.
Watch his comments below:
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee said Google removed the home pages of conservative publications including Breitbart News and The Daily Caller and threatened to demonetize and ban The Federalist.
Jordan claimed Google and YouTube announced a policy censoring content contradicting recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO).
He argued the WHO “lied” to the United States and “shilled” for China.
Jordan noted President Donald Trump’s Twitch account was banned by Amazon after he challenged arguments to defund the police.
According to Jordan, big tech has additionally banned books, prohibited donations to certain organizations, and silenced advertisements.
Jordan said Republicans wanted to invite the head of the popular social Media