Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a private meeting with several U.S. House Republican leaders on Wednesday to discuss issues surrounding tech censorship, FOX Business reports, citing “a source familiar with the meeting.”
Adam Sabes and Hillary Vaughn for FOX Business:
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tim McClintock, R-Calif. were among those who attended the Capitol Hill meeting on Wednesday.
According to a source, the group discussed Big Tech censorship and what Republicans see as a bias against conservatives.
Issues surrounding China and privacy were also discussed.
The meeting comes as the tech giant continues to grapple over its relationship with China.
MacDailyNews Note: Neither Apple nor representatives from the government have commented publicly on the meeting.
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Cook sees the wave building on the horizon. 53 days to midterms. 😀
53 days until right wing cultist First Then has to eat his own words and suffer humiliating Republican election rejection due to their own total misread of what Americans want.
Says the left wing cultist who stalks and denigrates screen names, while fraudulently manipulating votes to create false outcomes.
News for the psychopath from San Diego, not only will the incoming Red Wave restore honesty and integrity to our country, something you obviously know NOTHING about, Big Tech and Big Media will be held to higher standards.
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Censorship is certainly a good topic and so is privacy. I think Apple has figured out that is needs to diversify its manufacturing database. There is another bias as well to be aware of and that is bullying.
MDN has stated this several times: “Thoughtful commentary on this issue is welcomed below. Please keep the discussion civil and on-topic. Off-topic posts and ad hominem attacks will be deleted and those who post such comments will be moderated/blocked. Permanent loss of screen name could also result.”
It’s very nice but the barrage of ad hominem that I (and others) constantly get at this site indicates the total opposite. Moderation here could be very much improved if that MDN statement is actually enforced.
and don’t forget the voting, too.
What’s that?…..
Leave the voting as is, but restrict what people can say????
Yeah, amazing what a reflection this site is on the larger effects the Left has on reality.
MDN is the one that wishes to restrict what people say and the supposed consequences of failing to do so. If you are looking for free speech go to a government that supports it, not a private enterprise like MDN that can set their own rules.
It certainly is a reflection but I’d go so far to say that is a reflection of MDN’s lack of proper moderation.
“looking for free speech go to a government that supports it”
Would that include YOUR government in Australia where the police locked citizens in their own homes for months on end, lasting on and off for over a year, SECOND only to Communist China lockdowns, hmmm?
”MDN’s lack of proper moderation”
TRANSLATION: Coming from a smug sanctimonious elitist simply means anyone that challenges Road Warrior, for his sins REPEATEDLY calling the United States a “terrorist nation” and murderers of people around the world — intense insults aimed at 300+ million citizens for years in majority of his posts.
Followed by whining and crying when, OMG, in a push back response someone called me a bad name, please, please moderate! That would be CANCEL and in obvious leftist self-righteous arrogance, creates false narratives of assault and VICTIM of ad hominem attacks, MOST which are fallacious.
Since when do words change to solid bricks and bats that can accomplish physical harm, answer: NEVER. Unless you are a woke leftist and pull this stunt all the time to create a FALSE advantage that does not exist, or an argument that is flat out meaningless. You want to swim in the USA Pool, then play by First Amendment rules of our country you absolutely DESPISE and drop the erudite HYPOCRITE routine.
Either your parents or school teachers did not TEACH you Road Snowflake, MINUS the Warrior, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME”…
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“According to a source, the group discussed Big Tech censorship and what Republicans see as a bias against conservatives.”
Big Tech can be as biased as they want to be against the GOP and their 1st Amendment rights won’t be violated. It’s rather sad (and more than a little pathetic) that they don’t seem to understand this.
There is nothing wrong with any private enterprise from choosing what they cover on their own property.
Conservatives, feel free to live your lives as you see fit. Other than bitching about it, and choosing where to spend your money, stop imposing upon others how they should live. You don’t see liberals telling Newsmax what to cover. They just expose their lies and delusions.
It’s discrimination when your favorite group is treated poorly but just deserts when it’s a group you don’t like. Most large media groups were given government ok to broadcast if they served the public. They do have mandated reasons to cover all.