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Conservative claims of political bias by social media platforms and increased bipartisan concerns about the oversize clout of big tech firms are fueling a new initiative by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ).
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said it would be a bad idea for President Donald Trump to get into a fight with Google after the president said the company treated him unfairly.
Khanna, whose district includes Silicon Valley, told Time it is a "dumb fight to pick."
"The thing about Google, Facebook and Twitter is that everyone needs them including Trump," Khanna said.
Khanna's remarks come after Trump tweeted criticism of the search engine on Tuesday, saying it was programmed to return "only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media."
Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Cybersecurity Roundtable in Santa Clara
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna lead a letter, signed by more than thirty Members of Congress, to Secretary of State Pompeo to urge an unequivocal condemnation of the crackdown on women's rights advocates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and publicly call for their immediate and unconditional release.
Two Democratic members of Congress are urging California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to put a cap on any new fossil fuel projects and set a timeline for a hard stop on oil and gas extraction throughout the state.
In a letter sent to Brown on Wednesday, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) asked him to end all fossil fuel production in the Golden State as part of the governor's commitment to "driving transformational change."
SACRAMENTO – Rep. Ro Khanna, along with Rep. Barbara Lee, sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown, calling for his administration to stop new fossil fuel projects near residential communities.
The full text of the letter is embedded below and a PDF copy is available here.
The Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Governor, State of California
State Capitol, First Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
The question of what it means to be American has been debated since the founding of our republic, and we are at another moment when the question has taken on a new urgency.
Last week, one of President Trump's top economic advisers, Larry Kudlow, argued that the U.S. economy is "crushing it," posting boom-like numbers in key areas, all thanks to the leadership of the president.
Here's the bad news: We can't trust Silicon Valley to police itself. That has become abundantly clear from the many scandals involving Russian disinformation campaigns, Cambridge Analytica, Twitter bots, secret data breaches, Google geo-tracking and the like.
Here's the other bad news: We can't trust Washington politicians to police it, either.
The expansive Luddite Caucus has no idea how 21st-century technology actually works, nor any apparent motivation to learn.
Political divisions may be fierce, but there is at least one issue that most Americans agree on: net neutrality.
That's the simple idea that internet service providers should not control or influence what we do online. Net neutrality rules ensure an equal playing field on the web for everyone, from the start-up to the tech giant.