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IAP Series: Interview discussion on Big Tech with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

May 19, 2020

The Internet Accountability Project (IAP) is continuing our new series of internet discussions with key lawmakers and conservative influencers on the need to bring accountability to Big Tech.

Rachel Bovard, senior adviser for IAP, will have an interview discussion U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Big Tech and Privacy. 

What: IAP Discussion with Senator Marsha Blackburn on Big Tech and Privacy

When: Wednesday, May 20th at 12:30 pm (DC)

RSVP: Email us at info@theiap.org for call-in details

IAP Background:

For far too long, Big Tech companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter have gotten away with profiting from human-sex trafficking, revenge-porn, the opioid epidemic and drug addiction, terrorism, and other forms of human misery, along with engaging in egregious business practices like snooping, spying, political bias against conservatives, employee abuses, and anticompetitive conduct. 

With the coronavirus lockdowns of mom-and-pop small businesses across America, trillion-dollar Big Tech monopolies are only getting bigger and more powerful. Enough is enough. It’s time to re-boot Big Tech, upgrade and reformat the sweetheart laws that protect them (like the very outdated Section 230 from 1996), and enforce the antitrust, consumer- and employee-protection, and similar laws already on the books. As conservative, we do not believe in amnesty, whether it’s immigration amnesty or antitrust amnesty. And we need to recognize that our online personal data is our personal property — and protect our property rights.

Senator Marsha Blackburn bio:

 Senator Marsha Blackburn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018, and is currently serving her first term representing the state of Tennessee.  Before her election to the Senate, Marsha represented Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.  Marsha’s public service is dedicated to promoting opportunities for women and making America a more prosperous place to live. Marsha’s leadership philosophy is based on her experiences in the private sector as a small business woman and author, as well as being a mother and grandmother.