[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CENSORED . . . ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 20, 2018

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Media Research Center has 
released a report showing online media companies suppress conservative 
speech.
  Their report found that ``War is being declared on the conservative 
movement . . . and conservatives are losing--badly. It's the new 
battleground of media bias. But it's worse. That bias is not a war of 
ideas. It's a war against ideas. It's a clear effort to censor the 
conservative worldview from the public conversation.
  Twitter Leads in Censorship.
  Facebook's Trending Feed has been Hiding Conservative Topics.
  Google Search Aids Democrats.
  YouTube is Shutting Down Conservative Videos.
  Tech Firms Are Relying on (advisory) Groups That Hate Conservatives.
  Liberal Twitter Advisors Outnumber Conservatives 12-to-1.
  Tech Companies Rely on Anti-Conservative Fact-Checkers.''
  Conservatives are right to be suspicious of these social media/tech 
media companies.

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