House Republicans say they’re being forced into considering Big Tech breakup

Published February 5, 2021 11:30am ET



Senior House Republicans say that, left by Democrats with few other options, their party is entertaining the idea of breaking up Big Tech companies like Facebook in the hope of countering what they say is consistently unfair censorship of conservatives on social media.

“I do think there is an appetite amongst Republicans, if the Democrats wanted to try to break up Big Tech, I think there is support for that,” said Republican Rep. Greg Steube of Florida.

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