House Judiciary Subpoenas Big Tech Over Alleged Censorship
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed the CEOs of Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft Wednesday, seeking documents on alleged collusion between Big Tech and federal government officials to censor online speech. The committee has tried to engage…
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the companies since December on document requests, but the companies haven’t “adequately complied,” Jordan said. He sent letters to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He told them Twitter set a “benchmark” for transparency on interactions between industry and government over suppression of speech. Documents provided by Twitter show how the actions between the two sides violated the First Amendment, said Jordan. The subpoenas require the companies to produce requested documents by March 23. Microsoft is "producing documents," is "engaged with the Committee, and committed to working in good faith," the company said. Meta said in a statement: “We have already begun producing documents in response to the committee’s requests and will continue to do so moving forward." The other companies didn’t comment.