Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of lawmakers pressuring Big Tech companies to censor free speech, including from a presidential candidate.
Schiff and seven other Democrat lawmakers signed a letter whining that “most of your companies have cut their trust and safety teams,” i.e., censorship teams. Their letter not only pressed Meta, Google, X, YouTube, Snap, TikTok and Microsoft to censor anything vaguely described as “misinformation and disinformation,” but lamented the fact that former President Donald Trump has been restored on multiple platforms after previous bans. The lawmakers ended the letter by suggesting increased government-Big Tech collusion.
The lawmakers pontificated that, instead of cutting censors, the tech companies should “incorporate their election efforts into their permanent plans and community guidelines.” Schiff and…
