U.S. Senator Blumenthal calls on Facebook’s Zuckerberg to testify
One AmericaMAY 2021
While Big Tech thinks it’s above the law and will be protected by Democrats, Republicans like Jordan are holding them to account. Meta and the other social media platforms must answer for censoring conservatives, so it might as well cooperate with the probe instead of being held in contempt.
This is all theatrics. Meta has done what’s been asked of it and cooperated as much as the other tech firms. But Jordan knows that targeting Zuckerberg will earn him headlines, while also pleasing Elon Musk — the owner of Meta-rival X, formerly Twitter. Musk has become an ally to Republicans, and Zuckerberg recently launched a competitor to X, so this could be a political price he has to pay.