Rep. Lance Gooden: Big Tech Companies Practically ‘Own the Government'

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

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Congressional Democrats and Republicans agree that Big Tech companies are too powerful, says a Texas congressman who is a leader on the issue. “These Big Tech companies have gotten to the point that they own the government, in a sense,” Rep. Lance Gooden, co-chair and co-founder of the Freedom From Big Tech Caucus, says, adding that “people are tired of being censored, of being policed, by Big Tech.” With many Democrats agreeing that Congress should place some limits on the power of Big Tech platforms, the Biden administration has called on these companies to stop the spread of "misinformation" or "disinformation." During an interview with Axios on climate change, White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said that “tech companies have to stop allowing specific individuals over and over again to spread disinformation." To fix this problem, the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator said, "we need the tech companies to really jump in." Gooden joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the dangers of Big Tech companies' policing information, and how his Freedom From Big Tech Caucus is working to rein in platforms such as Google and Twitter. Also on today’s show, we cover these stories: Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical officer to the president and head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he plans to retire at the end of President Joe Biden’s term. A new report details "failures" in the law enforcement response to the school shooting that left 21 dead in Uvalde, Texas. According to data from Gallup polling, Americans' confidence in newspapers and television news has sunk to an all-time low. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, July 19th, I'm Doug Blair.
0:11.5	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:13.3	Big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have become known for censoring
0:18.1	information they deem inaccurate.
0:21.4	Even though Democrats and Republicans agree that more needs to be done to reign in these
0:26.2	platforms, the Biden administration is asking big tech companies to censor content.
0:32.5	Texas Congressman Lance Gooden joins the show today to discuss how he and his colleagues
0:37.9	are working to hold big tech companies accountable and what we know about the relationship the
0:43.4	Biden administration has with these tech giants.
0:46.9	But before we get to Virginia's conversation with Congressman Gooden, let's hit today's
0:50.9	top news.
1:03.7	Chief Medical Officer to the President of the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on
1:08.1	Monday that he plans to retire at the end of President Biden's term.
1:13.2	Fauci announced his planned retirement in an interview with Politico that Dr. said we're
1:17.5	in a pattern now, somebody says you'll leave when we don't have COVID anymore, then I'll
1:21.7	be 105.
1:22.7	I think we're going to be living with this.
1:25.2	Fauci has been in his position as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and
1:29.1	Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President for almost 50 years.
1:34.8	Failure is the word being used to describe law enforcement's response to the tragic shooting
1:40.3	in Uvalde, Texas that took the lives of 19 children and two adults.
1:45.8	Recently released body camera footage from the day of the shooting reveals a chaotic
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