Congress is simply too ignorant to regulate Big Tech

Published July 29, 2020 8:39pm ET



How seriously does Congress treat its ban-the-billionaires spectacle in the House antitrust committee? Well, ranking member Jim Sensenbrenner decided to ask Mark Zuckerberg why Donald Trump Jr.’s account was partially restricted by Twitter.

If you’re under the age of 50, you know this is nuts because Zuckerberg is the CEO and founder of Facebook, not Twitter. But the average member of congress is almost 60, and the utter buffoonery on display from both Judiciary Democrats and Republicans demonstrates how incapable Congress is of regulating Big Tech.

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