A powerful official of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) lamented an alleged decline in censorship coordination between government officials and Big Tech, even as a major tech CEO apologized for that censorship.
DSCC Chief Information Security Officer Jude Meche mourned the increasing difficulties of manipulating free speech online due to congressional investigations and lawsuits, reported Reclaim the Net on Tuesday.
Meche was one of the participants at a panel hosted by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19. Panelists reportedly sighed for “the good old days” after the 2016 election when Big Tech companies were willing to comply with government pressure without fears of congressional scrutiny.
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