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Print this article The recent pressure on Big Tech from Republicans is working, and they should keep it up. On Monday, Apple announced that it will allow Parler back on its App Store. Apple’s decision comes in response to a letter sent a few weeks ago by Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee to Apple, Google, and Amazon over their treatment of Parler in the wake of the events on Jan. 6 at the Capitol. They demanded answers on whether the companies handled Parle...

Fri, Apr 16th 2021 10:45am — Mike Masnick Its become quite clear over the past few years that the Republicans platform these days is "punish those who disagree with us," or, in the shorter vernacular: "cry moar, libs." This becomes blatantly clear as you look at the newly released "Big Tech Accountability Platform" that the Republicans in the House have released (coming from the ranking member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers). The platform actually starts...

by Tyler Durden Thursday, Apr 15, 2021 - 12:50 PM Following rumors that discussion of a new GOP push to regulate big tech dominated a recent gathering of party leaders at President Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort, a memo describing a broad new push to regulate big tech, entitled the "Big Tech Accountability Platform", has leaked to CNBC and a handful of other media outlets on Thursday. The platform aims to bring "much needed reform and oversight" to big tech - that is, firms earning more than $1 billi...