House Republicans are refining their investigation of major tech companies, as the lawmakers preparing to take charge aim to unearth hidden censorship operations of Big Tech platforms and social media websites.
Top targets for investigation include Google, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, alongside Amazon, Apple, TikTok and Microsoft, according to a source familiar with the House Judiciary Committee’s strategy.
“The first step for us is getting all of the documents, getting to the bottom of this, exposing what happened,” the source said.
While the judiciary committee digs into the companies’ censorship records, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to press the Biden administration for its records of government officials’ private work encouraging online speech restrictions.