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March 16, 2021 Since November, Alibaba has been at the center of a crackdown by Beijing that has included halting the monster IPO of its fintech affiliate Ant Group, and unveiling new antimonopoly rules for tech giants. The developments have seen tens of billions of dollar wiped off its market cap. But in recent days, fears are deepening that regulatory scrutiny that seemed squarely centered on Jack Ma’s e-commerce and fintech groups could turn to Alibaba’s rival, Tencent. The social media firm on Friday (March 12) was fined under antitrust rules for a past investment into an app, while B...

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) This week Dr. Thomas Lifson’s blog, American Thinker, announced that it was closing its comments section. It is news to almost nobody who reads American Thinker that a political witch hunt is underway. Parties in and out of government are looking for excuses to suppress and destroy voices that oppose the left. Because AT lacks the ability to monitor comments in real time, and because our position that comments are a forum, not something we publish, is being called into question, we can no longer publish comments. We take this action with a heavy heart.

Despite a lot of reporting to the contrary. i have not named the guy because i have not confirmed it. as soon as we do, we will. that's journalism. you may disagree. but the point is this guy is at the center of an important news story and the average person ought to be able to makeup his or her mind but we are not allowed to because of the tech monopoly. why is congress not saving us on this? >> it's amazing to me that a lot of publications that published the pentagonon papers and all of what wiki leaks released and they have been more than willing to publicize things that are the deepest sec...

Democrat or republican or on the left or the right, for a big tech monopoly to have this pow they are affects all of us. >> shannon: we've heard from the conservative groups that say there are other social media outlets that don't treat them fairly. sounds like you're making the same assertion. >> i am, i am. i think one of the problems we're seeing is that people seem to feel like this is a left-right issue rather signing it for what it is, a free speech issue, how dangerous that you have these big tech monopolies, google and facebook, they have the power through the things they choose to do ...

In calling out and to protect because whether you are a democrat or republican or on the left or on the rights, for a big tech monopoly to have this power, it affects all of us. >> there are a lot of conservative outlet groups who say there are outlets like google who do not treat them fairly print sounds like you are making the same assertion. >> i am. i think one of the problems we are seeing is that people seem to feel like this is a left/right issue rather than seeing it what it is, which is a free-speech issue and how dangerous it is that you have these big tech monopolies like google and...