Many Republican Senate candidates who are vocally against Big Tech platforms like Google and Facebook actually hold stock in these companies and other competitors. A popular argument among Republican lawmakers is that Big Tech acts in accordance with the Democratic party's wishes, with many vowing to sanction the platforms for 'censorship' if elected to Congress. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live
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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/591896-gop-critics-sometimes-own-stock-in-the-big-tech-theyre-slamming?rl=1
“A number of Republican Senate candidates running on anti-Big Tech platforms have stock holdings in the same companies they are vowing to hold accountable if elected to Congress.
That’s drawn accusations, from Democrats and some fellow Republicans, of hypocrisy.
Others say arguing that someone won’t hold Facebook or Google accountable because they have stock in the company is a weak attack and that the conflict-of-interest accusations don’t hold water.
In Ohio, former state GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken has called Big Tech “an arm of the Democrat party” and said that “their immunity privileges must be stripped.” In May, after Facebook said it would keep former President Trump’s account suspended until at least 2023, she said the “censorship of conservatives must end.””
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