Big Tech

Hawley Exposes Big Tech as Willing Collaborators in Censorship: ‘They Own It’

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Today in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) exposed how Big Tech uses its market power to squelch competition, suppress conservative voices, and even sway voters and control elections, such as when they buried the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story just days before the 2020 presidential election.  "It was their decision. They own it. And truthfully Facebook and others had a pattern of...

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Senator Hawley Chairs Hearing on Fighting Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, Calls for Empowering Big Tech’s Victims

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Today in the first Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)—chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)—urged the Committee to quickly pass their marquee legislation, the STOP CSAM Act, to better protect children online. Senator Hawley focused on the rapid rise in online child exploitation material, emphasizing that victims...

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Hawley to Lead Hearing with Durbin on Combatting CSAM, Protecting Kids Online

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)—Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism—will convene a hearing, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), on the need to pass the lawmakers' legislation to combat the Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) crisis online. This first Judiciary subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress will feature witnesses directly or indirectly impacted by CSAM, including survivors, advocates, and law enforcement experts....

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Hawley Highlights Explosion of Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, Urges Action

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Today during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about protecting children online, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) highlighted the explosion of child sexual abuse material on the internet and urged immediate action to allow victims to hold Big Tech accountable. “In 2023, there were 104 million images and videos of suspected child abuse material uploaded onto the internet, compared to 450,000 in 2004. So, 450,000 in 2004 to 104 million in the last full year for which we have data. Here’s...

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Hawley & Durbin Announce Reintroduction of Anti-CSAM Legislation

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Ahead of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety online, Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced that they will reintroduce the STOP CSAM Act. The legislation will crack down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online by allowing victims to sue companies that host this material. The Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced this legislation last Congress.  “Congress has already waited too long to...

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Hawley Questions Trump DOJ Antitrust Nominee on Antitrust Enforcement

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Today in a Senate Judiciary Nomination hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Gail Slater, President Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. Senator Hawley focused his questioning on Big Tech and antitrust enforcement,  and the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI).  "I am extremely concerned about what the emergence of AI and monopoly power in AI will mean for American...

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Hawley Secures Promises from Kash Patel to Clean Up FBI, End Biden’s Abuses

Thursday, January 30, 2025

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today secured the commitment of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to end the Biden-era FBI attacks on Christians and parents and seek accountability for those responsible.  During his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing, Patel assured Senator Hawley that he would, "[F]ully utilize, if confirmed, the investigative powers of the FBI to give you the information you require and...

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Hawley Introduces Legislation to Decouple American AI Development from Communist China

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation to protect America's artificial intelligence (AI) development from China. "Every dollar and gig of data that flows into Chinese AI are dollars and data that will ultimately be used against the United States," said Senator Hawley. "America cannot afford to empower our greatest adversary at the expense of our own strength. Ensuring American economic superiority means cutting China off from American ingenuity...

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Ranking Member Hawley Sounds Alarm on OpenAI Safety Concerns, Gives Floor to Former Board Member who Voted to Oust Sam Altman

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

In yesterday's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), serving as ranking member, urged his colleagues in the upper chamber to prioritize legislation that would protect Americans from the harms artificial intelligence (AI) has proven to pose. Senator Hawley questioned former board member of OpenAI Helen Toner, who voted last year to oust OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a high-profile boardroom battle, charging him with...

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Senate Passes Hawley-Backed Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Kids Online, Hold Big Tech Accountable for Child Exploitation

Thursday, August 01, 2024

This week the Senate passed the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), cosponsored by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), to fight back against Big Tech's targeting of kids online. "Despite Big Tech’s endless lobbying, the Senate has taken a serious first step this week toward keeping kids safe online. The next step is to take the fight to the platforms—to give parents the right to sue. America’s sons and daughters deserve justice, not exploitation," said Senator Hawley....

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