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United States News Title: CNN, Democrats Successfully Lobby Big Tech to Censor Their Critics Its a sign of how the concentration of power in America has shifted from big government to big tech that politicians are now lobbying tech companies rather than the other way round, but thats exactly what happened over the course of the past few months, as Democrats applied relentless pressure on Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants to censor InfoWars. Chief among them was Democratic Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), who demanded that a Facebook representative explain their decision not to ban InfoWars at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on social media censorship last month. Calling Jones as well-known conspiracy theorist whose brand is bullying, Deutch also demanded Googles representative explain how many strikes it would take for a channel on Google-owned YouTube to be deleted. He then asked Googles representative if they thought conspiracy theories were a problem, and asked her to explain the companys planned solutions. It seems that YouTube has now come up with a solution: ban the channels that Rep. Deutch objects to. At a previous hearing on social media censorship, Deutch, who represents Parkland, Florida, attacked tech companies for allowing vile and outrageous and offensive garbage on their platforms. Multiple other congressional Democrats, including Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Jim Hines, and Ted Lieu have attacked the very idea of big tech censorship, calling Republican concerns a conspiracy theory and defending the right of tech giants to censor whomever they want. Far-left media also played a role in demanding tech giants appoint themselves as the arbiters of free speech. Heres the Guardian attacking Facebook for continuing to host InfoWars, and heres BuzzFeeds Joe Bernstein wondering why Twitter hasnt followed Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and Apple in todays purge. Bernstein was retweeted by CNNs Oliver Darcy by the way. Facebook Wants To Cut Down On Misinformation. So Why Isnt It Doing Anything About InfoWars was the not-so-subtle headline at the Washington Post last month. Perhaps the most strident was CNN, which repeatedly lobbied YouTube to demonetize InfoWars and ban Alex Jones. They also went after Facebook on the same issue, stating the social media struggles to explain why InfoWars isnt banned. News Corps Rupert Murdoch has also attacked big tech for allowing scurrilous news sources to gain traction on the web. What does this mean? It means that Democrats are pressuring social media companies to give them free political favors by granting them a free platform while denying one to their critics. It also means that the corporate media are all working overtime to remove their competitors on social media. And its working. Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter, Gab.ai and add him on Facebook. Email tips and suggestions to allumbokhari@protonmail.com.
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