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Three GOP Senators have announced a new bill called the Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act that aims to modify Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act to clarify the original intent of the law and increase accountability faced by the Big Tech Masters of the Universe for their censorship of political speech.

Republicans must use every legislative instrument available to combat big tech’s political censorship, said Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and a host of other House conservatives introduced legislation on Wednesday that would block big tech giants from censoring lawful political speech on the Internet.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr unveiled his outline for tackling big tech censorship, dominance on the Internet, and anticompetitive practices in an op-ed on Monday.

On Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) predicted that if large social media platforms “continue to pick and choose,” “do exactly what they’re doing, where they go after conservative sites,” and don’t change their ways and act in

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) torched former Ambassador Nikki Haley on Friday, saying that she is opposed to combatting big tech “tyranny,” Breitbart News has learned exclusively. 

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that there is “definitely” a parallel between Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and qualified immunity, contending that big tech and law enforcement both need “transparency and accountability.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) described the world’s largest technology companies — naming Google, Facebook, and Twitter — as “monopolies,” adding that she and her colleagues are considering the use of antitrust laws and reevaluation of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to address their shared political censorship and shaping of information access.

The Department of Justice is preparing proposals to roll back the legal immunities enjoyed by Big Tech companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), in measures that will be announced as early as Wednesday, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mike O’Rielly’s skepticism on the agency’s ability to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act signals that any reform is “dead on arrival,” one source familiar with the White House’s thinking told Breitbart News on Monday.

Democrat lawmakers attacked AT&T for allegedly giving “preferential treatment” to certain streaming services, continuing a pattern of attacks on alleged internet filtering by telecoms companies while ignoring the “preferential treatment” afforded to certain types of content by big tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon and others.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) charged that Twitter “ought to look” in the mirror when it comes to inciting violence when they host Antifa and Black Lives Matter organizers, according to a copy of his podcast, which Breitbart News exclusively obtained.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr welcomed the debate on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and the role the statute and social media companies play in free speech in the country, while Democrat commissioners criticized President Donald Trump’s executive order.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, questioning why his company should continue to receive Section 230 legal immunity when they editorialize President Donald Trump’s tweets.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) will announce today that he is working with Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee to craft legislation that would strip social media giants of their Section 230 legal immunity if they fact check content on their platforms, according to a copy of his podcast which Breitbart News exclusively obtained.

Bradley Smith, a law professor and former Republican Federal Election Commissioner, is set to serve on the board of a new advocacy group aimed at defending Big Tech companies from regulation. Smith previously ran the “Institute for Free Speech,” which similarly opposed the regulation of Silicon Valley giants

Facebook is facing another censorship showdown in court, based on a suit brought by the owner of a censored viral news page set to appear before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this June.

President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) will join forces at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week to expose big tech companies, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Attorney General William Barr attacked Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on Wednesday, suggesting that online platforms have not done enough to tackle sex trafficking and other problems that plague the Internet.

Internet Accountability Project (IAP) Senior Adviser Rachel Bovard told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday that criticism over big tech should be a core issue for conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) again criticized the USMCA trade agreement for its retrenchment of legal immunities for big tech companies, which allow companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to censor at will, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference Tuesday that she “lost” her fight to remove a provision granting big tech companies expanded immunity in the USMCA. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News that they still have big reservations over the immunity’s inclusion in the trade deal. 

Despite what Google describes as a “shift towards censorship” from big tech companies over the past three years, Democrat presidential candidates have said that they will use the power of the law to force even more censorship from Silicon Valley.

The Heritage Foundation is a fine institution that does excellent work on a number of topics. Unfortunately, it is also one of several conservative institutions in D.C. that takes money from Google — and it shows.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that America’s largest technology companies amount to a “growing threat to our democracy.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Friday, urging him to remove language that would enshrine Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the USMCA and the U.S.-Japan trade agreements. 

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has called for Facebook to be broken up in a recent interview with CNN. Benioff took specific issue with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the law that shields Facebook and other social media platforms from legal liability. Benioff called Section 230 “the most dangerous law on the books right now,” calling for it to be “abolished.”

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is one of the key legal devices that allow big tech companies to censor with impunity. Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and the Trump administration are among the Republicans who have criticized the law. Why then is the White House strengthening its provisions internationally?

Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke was correct in his claim that big tech platforms “curate” the content that we see. In fact, it’s a point that was popularized by Republicans, including his one-time Senate opponent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) slammed Google-owned YouTube amid the platform’s contradictory statements on its censorship policies, calling on the platform to allow users to filter lawful content as they see fit instead of imposing top-down bans.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that big tech has an “army of swamp creatures” fighting any calls for antitrust investigations and regulation of America’s largest technology companies.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that if the Republican Party “wants to have a future,” it will have to become a “movement of working people.”

Facebook, in court filings defending itself from a lawsuit filed by activist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer, has cited its first amendment rights as a “publisher,” contradicting public claims by the company that its social media service is a platform.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote an op-ed Wednesday that big tech’s recent innovations amount to nothing more than “sophisticated exploitation” of Americans’ privacy and well-being. Instead, the senator urged Silicon Valley to “enrich lives” and “strengthen society.”

Louisiana Attorney General (AG) Jeff Landry told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that many state attorneys general have “had enough” of big tech, and they will “take action” after significant investigations.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) slammed New York Times editor Sarah Jeong, contending that she and the Left “sold out” to Big Tech and she neglected to mention that her key “expert” is “paid by Google.”