Bokhari: Democrats Using Antitrust to Demand More Big Tech Censorship
3 Jan 2021
Given Big Tech’s flagrant interference in the 2020 election a steal, out in the open, in front of everyone it’s tempting to welcome any regulatory or legal action that might punish them.
Some, like the efforts of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, bode well Paxton’s multi-state antitrust case would prevent Google from using its monopoly on digital ads to arbitrarily punish websites.
But as another recent antitrust case filed against Facebook by the New York attorney general shows, Democrats want to use the power of government to pressure for more censorship, not less.