A “Washington-based Republican lawyer,” per @WSJ. President of @DigitalProInst. Senior Fellow on AI at @A1Policy.
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In @Newsweek, @ZephyrTeachout & I write how the #TikTok case has hindered #BigTech's use of First Amendment doctrines. TL/DR: the 1A can no longer be used as a tool for them to smother our liberties or act with reckless abandon. newsweek.com/supreme-court-w…
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Gotta love it. The same party that has banned Google, Meta, X, and so many more US companies is lecturing us on the principles of free markets and trade.
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The idea that we need @google to maintains its unlawful monopoly to beat China in #AI is such a lazy & comically bad argument. Yeah, the same company that helped create a censorship machine for the CCP is the same one who will help us beat China. 😂 nypost.com/2025/06/09/busine…
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It's true. Apple's ties to the CCP is incredibly troubling. The New York Times reported on Apple’s dealings with China. In it, the Times found that China’s President, Xi Jinping, is increasingly exerting influence over the tech behemoth, especially as it relates to Apple’s functions and protocols oriented towards maintaining the integrity of its customers’ privacy and encryption. Congress needs to find out how many functions Apple degraded to do business in mainland China and to what extent those degradations hurt American consumers.
Apple is the second most China-exposed company in the U.S.
Its high score on @StrategyRisks new index reflects a mix of potential problems, including supply chain dependence, partnerships with CCP and state-owned firms, and forced labor/human rights.
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Another reason why no American should consider any #BigTech company a “national champion.” Each one of them would sell us up the river to China for a quick buck. washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
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.@mrddmia 💯!
Google, for example, negotiated “with the Chinese government to develop a censored search engine known as Project Dragonfly.” There’s strong evidence to suggest that Meta may have provided the Chinese Communist Party with “AI tools” to surveille its citizens. Apple has a multibillion-dollar deal with the CCP to degrade its encryption on Mainland China and has called China one of the most important partners in its supply chain.
Mike Davis: Nonsense That Big Tech Needs An "AI Amnesty" Because Of Threats From China, These Tech Monopolists Do China's Bidding realclearpolitics.com/video/…
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Not shocking: a @tiktok_us trend lures kids to online predators.
Shocking (but not really): @apple still rates it 12+ and lists it as an “essential app” parents.com/what-is-the-yes-…
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.@Apple’s failure to diversify its supply chain has allowed the CCP to make China into the global tech powerhouse it is today. Apple is no longer an American company. Thus, any assistance the US gives it only helps our greatest foreign adversary & puts us further away from a true America First agenda.
Apple fundamentally misunderstood its transaction with China. As @Lingling_Wei writes, "They thought they were hiring a contractor. Beijing knew it was running an apprenticeship."
In the process, Apple built the industrial capacity of America's chief foreign adversary.
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When a D.C. Circuit judge causally cites your and @rachelbovard’s articles on a @FedSoc panel to share skepticism that gov’t jawboning is the reason #BigTech censors certain political views. 🙌
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.@Google’s #privacy defense in the Search case is a complete head fake. Its goal is to scare you so as to ensure its monopoly over your data remains intact. Ironically, privacy is a reason why the court should adopt @JusticeATR’s proposal. newsweek.com/google-makes-fa…
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President Trump picking @JDVance1 makes clear that #BigTech’s abuses of our free markets & consumer welfare are coming to an end no matter who is in the White House. It is a sign of good times for American consumers indeed. @NewsweekOpinion newsweek.com/vp-vance-bad-ne…
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The fact that a “misunderstanding” w/ @Apple could kill a company like @Twitter is a market failure. Most apps relying on Apple’s App Store don’t have Elon Musk’s access to Tim Cook. Reforms like OAMA are necessary to help other #freespeech apps fight against #BigTech censorship.
Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.
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I explain in @TheHillOpinion that hundreds of apps on @Apple’s #AppStore openly admit to providing sensitive data to China. Worst of all, Apple promotes them to consumers all while touting how safe its store is. search.app/KD5aVC5neZSB5SY38
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I was recently reported to have joined the ranks of @MeadorFTC's office as chief of staff. After giving it deep thought, engaging in conversations with the Commissioner, and, most importantly, consulting with my family, I have decided to remain as president of the @DigitalProInst.
I want to thank Commissioner Meador for inviting me to serve in his office. He is one of the most principled people I know and, as @BasedMikeLee rightly put it, a true "antitrust badass." Even though I will not be in the office, I will continue to support his and @POTUS's agenda to rein in #BigTech, promote issues that help American families, and advance a true free market.
Now, back to work at DPI, where I will continue to advocate for competitive tech markets, holistic strategies to combat Big Tech's impact on consumers and families, universal broadband access, #5G, and privacy for all. Looks like I have my work cut out for me! So let's get started!
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“In today’s increasingly digital world, data is becoming as valuable as land. And the lords of Silicon Valley don’t want us owning our data any more than the old kings wanted serfs owning their land.” @hitRECordJoe 🎯 hollywoodreporter.com/busine…
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#TikTok may have just given up the ghost on its #1A claim at oral argument. The lawyer for TikTok US admitted in open court that TikTok US does not control the algorithm. That’s a huge problem for its 1A claim as I explain in @FedSoc fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc…
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“Kids cannot consent [to contracts] — and any company that exposes them to addictive or adult material should be held accountable…The App Store Accountability Act holds Big Tech companies to the same standard as local corner stores.” @RepJames 🎯 cnn.com/2025/05/01/tech/prop…
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Thank you, @BrendanCarrFCC, for appointing me to the @FCC’s Consumer Protection & Accessibility Advisory Committee! I’m honored and humbled to be included as a member.
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. @FreemanWSJ rightfully asks why @Apple has not removed #TikTok from its App Store. TikTok’s deceptive data collection practices & connection to the CCP not only make Apple’s calls for #privacy and human rights hypocritical, but also puts its American users at risk.
Time to Drop TikTok From App Stores? wsj.com/articles/time-to-dro… via @WSJ
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‼️ Today, 14 conservatives filed a letter to the @JusticeATR to express their support for its antitrust action against @Apple. Those listed are @Heritage @mrmeador @digitalfirstprj @JoinFAI @ZacharyGraves @ClareMorellEPPC @BullMooseProj @ZivenHavens @geoffrey_cain @JuliusKrein @rachelbovard @BlazeTV @docMJP @ClaremontInst @RpwWilliams @RoslynLayton @amrenewctr
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Judge ruled “that @Google engaged in illegal practices to preserve its search engine monopoly.” Big win for @JusticeATR and consumers! wsj.com/tech/google-loses-fe…
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In the @TheNatPulse, I argue that @DaveYostOH’s petition to treat @Google as a common carrier is rooted in traditional notions of law and fact. Google is, indeed, a common carrier by every conceivable metric.
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“Antitrust enforcement today prevents the need for regulation tomorrow.” 🎯@MeadorFTC
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#BigTech are not our #AI champions, don’t fall for their clear head fake. Them sidestepping our IP laws have nothing to do with innovation. They understand that degradation of IP only helps them obtain more market dominance over our data and information. dailysignal.com/2025/06/25/t…
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.@mrmeador clears the committee with ease. 20-8, NBD! Congrats, my friend!
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Looks like #NetNeutrality advocates are going to get exactly what they want & more. Unless they hold inconsistent principles on Internet regulation b\c @superwuster’s view on #Tech is equally as bad as it is for ISPs. #StackNeutrality here we come? nytimes.com/2021/03/05/techn…
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.@BrendanCarrFCC is absolutely correct.
A decade ago, China had the lead in #5G. It had allocated over 300 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G and was constructing new cell sites at a rate of 460 per day. In the US, we had no mid-band spectrum for 5G, and we were averaging only three sites per day.
Things changed after Congress passed the MOBILE NOW Act in 2018, which, in part, created a spectrum pipeline for commercial 5G use. In response, the @FCC created a 5G FAST Plan and opened up more than 6 GHz of spectrum for licensed 5G services, including more than 600 megahertz of mid-band spectrum to auction to augment our 5G capacities.
The results of all this work? U.S. carriers started providing actual 5G commercial offerings and led the world in 5G throughout @realDonaldTrump’s first term. And the new spectrum opportunities yielded added competition that has put more money in consumers’ pockets by reducing the price of wireless services.
We can recreate that success again in @POTUS’s second term. But we need Congress to act!
“Probably the MOST important thing we can do for the economy right now is SPECTRUM.” - @BrendanCarrFCC
“These are the airwaves your smartphones use.”
“We need to move hundreds of megahertz out on the marketplace… it’s gonna drive down prices for consumers.”
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Google investing $1 billion into Anthropic is a clear indication that it doesn’t care about its pending Search litigation initiated under @realDonaldTrump. They couldn’t even wait two days into his admin to spit in Trump’s eye. Unbelievable. search.app/4AmHd8h9j7o3tihc8
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Co-authored a SCOTUS amicus brief w/ the great @ZephyrTeachout. We argue why the #TikTok divestiture law is constitutional & how TikTok presents no true speech interest to overcome its national security concerns. TL/DR, ByteDance should be preparing its divestiture papers.
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“The data is clear that Trump voters have big concerns about #AI misuse, and they want to see leaders in Washington take action,” Global Strategy Group Vice President of Research Katie Drapcho said in a statement. nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-new…
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This is why @AAGSlater is the GOAT! As she puts it, “we will win the global race to AI the American way.” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Wait…so @google is trying to avoid a jury trial by…admitting to illegally monopolizing the ad tech market. Bold strategy.
New filing: "United States v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Ad Tech Monopoly)"
Doc #630: Memorandum in Support re 628 MOTION to Strike Jury Demand and to Dismiss filed by Google LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit, #…
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ALT The entry's text: Memorandum in Support re 628 MOTION to Strike Jury Demand and to Dismiss filed by Google LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit, # 2 Affidavit, # 3 Exhibit 1 SEALED, # 4 Exhibit 2, # 5 Exhibit 3, # 6 Exhibit 4, # 7 Exhibit 5, # 8 Exhibit 6, # 9 Exhibit 7, # 10 Exhibit 8, # 11 Exhibit 9, # 12 Exhibit 10, # 13 Exhibit 11, # 14 Exhibit 12 SEALED, # 15 Exhibit 13 SEALED, # 16 Exhibit 14 SEALED, # 17 Exhibit 15, # 18 Exhibit 16, # 19 Exhibit 17, # 20 Exhibit 18, # 21 Exhibit 19, # 22 Exhibit 20 REDACTED, # 23 Exhibit 21 REDACTED)(Reilly, Craig) (Entered: 05/16/2024)
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We don’t allow equipment from #China in our communications network, but #TikTok gets a pass? Here’s what that tells our enemies: to spy on Americans, make a popular app that targets young adults and children. Ban TikTok! My latest in @Newsweek. newsweek.com/tiktok-goes-clo…
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“If Big Tech can sway an election and ban a president of the United States, there is nothing it cannot do. All policy options must remain on the table to put Big Tech in its place once and for all.” @josh_hammer newsweek.com/hunter-laptop-s…
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This “community” note is the not-so subtle way social media undermines the democratic process. Instead of adding context to the tweet—CN’s intended purpose btw, it gives you an opinion from the tech libertarian ilk aimed at confusing the average person’s understanding of what KOSA is and does.
We now have a total of 62 co-sponsors—Democrats & Republicans—for the Kids Online Safety Act. This overwhelming bipartisan support mirrors the powerful calls from young people & parents who want Congress to take action & finally hold Big Tech accountable.
Community note
This "Kids Online Safety Act" is effectively a Trojan horse for internet censorship.
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The idea that we need to degrade intellectual property to ensure our national security is categorically absurd. You can have both, you can respect those rights, while promoting #AI. This is just another libertarian false choice at work. realcleardefense.com/article…
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Definitely not a state actor. They are just a private company making independent decisions to silence dissenters of the government. Nothing to see here, folks.
🚨 According to newly released emails obtained by state AGs, Facebook & the Biden admin arranged weekly/monthly calls to discuss what to censor on the platform.
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TP-Link can provide an access point for the CCP to enter into any place those routers are. That could be anywhere from the halls of an everyday individual’s house or within the walls of the Pentagon. Glad the @committeeonccp is looking into this! yahoo.com/tech/us-congressio…
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Honored to attend the App Store Accountability Act’s bill signing. This law puts parents in the driver’s seat and effectively allows them to parent in the digital age. Thank you, @GregAbbott_TX, @AngelaPaxtonTX, & @FairlyForTexas, for putting kids first!
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Such an important point on the state of antitrust scholarship from @MeadorFTC! Academic whitewashing on behalf of the largest corporations needs to be addressed.
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Rural #SmallBiz will be the driving force behind the success of #5G. The $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund at the @FCC is an encouraging step in the right direction. Thank you, @AjitPaiFCC, for your leadership on this issue! kansascity.com/opinion/reade…
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“If Trumpism is to evolve into a governing philosophy rather than just a movement, it needs more than rhetoric. It needs blueprints. @BrendanCarrFCC just handed the party one.” @AidenBuzzetti @BullMooseProj washingtonexaminer.com/resto…
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China using TikTok to spy is unsurprising. What’s surprising is Apple and Google’s indifference to TikTok’s practices. This clearly violates their dev guidelines, but I guess you have to be a conservative app for them to enforce. Gotta love the #BigTech doublespeak on #Privacy.
Federal leaders have major concerns about TikTok data privacy after reporting from Buzzfeed showed China is accessing US user data.
Now Senators @MarkWarner and @marcorubio want @FTC to investigate and @BrendanCarrFCC is asking Google and Apple to take the app down.
#NexstarDC
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This is huge! This seriously undercuts China! Amazing work, @SecRubio & @realDonaldTrump!
MASSIVE win for @SecRubio
Following his meeting with the Panamanians, the country’s president announced that it will not be renewing its deal with China’s Belt and Road
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Favorite parts of oral argument was TikTok conceding that it failed to disclose that it curates content on behalf of the PRC, the government having a compelling interest (at least initially), and that @shoptemu is just as bad as it.
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“Apple should take a hint from Microsoft in 2001 and change its practices before the legal and regulatory problems get even worse and break up its walled garden, by force.” - Brandon Kressin of @KMPlaw washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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So we shouldn’t change the antitrust laws b/c the current law can handle it. But when we apply current laws in a market that is dominated by one company to see if it is engaging in restrictive downstream contract to kill off consumer choice and competition, that’s bad, too.
Tomorrow, the US Government is suing Google for being too popular. Yes, really. And the consequences could be the internet as we know it.
The government breaks everything it touches - do not let it break Google.
Here’s everything you need to know 🧵
1. This is the first major antitrust lawsuit against a tech company since Microsoft was sued in the late 1990s. It’s being brought by the Department of Justice and a large number of state attorneys generals.
2. Their complaint hinges on the fact, quite literally that Google is too popular. Over 80% of searches originate on Google. They also say in the complaint that Google hasn’t done enough to help their competitors. Again, yes really. More on this in a minute.
3. But in order for a company to have violated antitrust law, they must have violated the Consumer Welfare Standard. That means they must actually BE a monopoly (which rarely exists and certainly doesn’t apply to Google), and they must have used that monopoly power to harm consumers. There’s less than zero proof Google has done that, in fact, all evidence points to the contrary.
4. The lawsuit says that because Google negotiates deals with companies like Apple or Android to be the default search engine on their devices it has engaged in “anti-competitive” practices.
This is why antitrust has always been an anti-capitalist trojan horse - businesses exist to succeed, not to help their competition. Google bartering such deals is just smart business practices and good marketing. No one is FORCED to use Google 👏🏻👏🏻 All of their services are FREE.
Furthermore, Google competes with other companies for these contracts, they win out because they are the best. It takes less than 4 finger taps to change your browser on iPhone, less than 2 clicks on Safari. Yet even when companies select a different default browser, like Microsoft did with Bing!, the majority immediately take the effort to switch BACK to Google. In fact the top search on Bing! is “Google” (Lolol).
Google’s practices are not different that a cereal company paying for better product placement in a grocery store aisle. These are basic marketing efforts and it’s corrupt Google is being persecuted for executing them well. Consumers know they have a choice, they merely choose Google overwhelmingly.
Google is competing fairly, they’re winning en masse because they offer a superior product people want, again, for FREE. But the government wants to be the one that picks winners and losers in the market, not you.
5. The state attorneys generals in the lawsuit also claim that Google didn’t do enough via its ADS360 platform to speed up Microsoft’s products to their liking. Google says it was instead focusing on meeting the needs of its other consumers before it competitors. This is just basic common sense. What kind of upside down world argument is it to argue a company should prioritize the needs of its competitors over its consumers. Again, this is anti-capitalist bs.
6. The real reason the government is filing this lawsuit is because they want more control over the tech sector, more control over the market, and ultimately more control over you and your data. There is a real effort to overturn the consumer welfare standard and reform our antitrust laws to look like Europe’s instead of ours going on in DC right now and members of BOTH parties have dirty hands.
There are virtually no tech companies in Europe because their laws are so bad. Our economy dwarfs theirs in terms of innovation, GDP, and investments. Capitalism works really well when we let it. We do not want to look Europe.
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A company shouldn’t be shaken down for being too good at what they do. I hope the government gets its butt beaten in this case and stops this socialist crud. They can’t even fix the roads, they certainly shouldn’t be trying to micromanage the internet.
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The #CyberSecurity play is truly a desperate & last-ditch effort from #BigTech to kill the Open App Markets Act. If @Apple & @Google were really concerned w/ cybersecurity, then they wouldn’t do the CCP’s bidding at every turn. #PassTheOAMA www-barrons-com.cdn.ampproje…
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Now folks are using the Ukrainian crisis to push a false choice: pass tech bills or maintain cybersecurity. Of note, when #BigTech degrades their security for the CCP...crickets. Given the CCP-Kremlin relationship, isn't that fact more of a cybersecurity concern than the OAMA?
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.@JRosenworcelFCC says if the #TikTok Bill “makes it to the President’s desk, he should absolutely sign it.”
Along the same lines as @BrendanCarrFCC, she notes that the FCC has “had policies in the Communications Act that would prevent, for instance, a Chinese national or a Chinese company from owning our nation’s broadcast television stations…And yet here we have something that’s arguably one the newer forms of media and there there is zero oversight.”
More evidence that the issue of ridding our communications networks of adversarial foreign ownership continues to be bipartisan.
Pass this bill!
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It’s almost like Apple selectively enforces its terms and conditions, privacy policies, and dev guidelines to avail itself to monopoly rents, get a leg up in the digital ad space, & appease the CCP…
It’s strange that Apple blocks competing stores outside of Europe with geoblocking based on account address and payment method, but lets anyone bypass the Tik Tok block with a simple VPN setup.
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Facts matter.
A TikTok data scientist says he was assigned a Seattle-based manager on paper, while actually reporting to a Beijing-based ByteDance executive, who ordered him to regularly email U.S. data in spreadsheets to ByteDance workers in China during 2022.
Today's article from @iamsternlicht is factually inaccurate.
Facts matter.
FACT: Our secure environment for protected U.S. user data was isolated in January 2023 and is overseen by USDS personnel. After that point, new protected U.S. user data was inaccessible to anyone outside of USDS, including ByteDance and TikTok globally. Limited exceptions exist for legal and compliance purposes.
FACT: At least one employee cited in this article was only with the company for a brief period (about six months) - before Project Texas was implemented.
FACT: All USDS employees are issued laptops that are managed, monitored, and controlled exclusively by USDS - not ByteDance or TikTok.
FACT: Directly contrary to the piece, USDS personnel connect to the Oracle Cloud using a Palo Alto Networks VPN, not Seal.
Everything cited in this article is based off of information prior to the set-up of USDS and relies on fabrications from individuals who had no access or insights into data privacy and security practices. The piece deliberately distorts timelines, omits basic facts, and relies on disgruntled former employees as its primary sourcing.
If this reporter had done any research into what actually occurs at TikTok, she would know that the scenarios laid out are not only forbidden by policy, but are also subject to controls in place that prevent data sharing.
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James Madison authored the free speech clause in the First Amendment as a bulwark against government influence over what we can see and say. The CCP is using our shield against government interference in the free marketplace of ideas as both a sword for it to spy on the American people and a shield to protect foreign agents from scrutiny. We cannot let that happen!
Separating TikTok from Chinese Communist Party control does NOT violate the first amendment.
Foreign governments don’t have a right to take over American media.
But don’t just take our word for it. — first amendment AUTHOR, James Madison, thought so too. (🧵THREAD) 👇
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In the @WSJ, I write that we need to enlist #AppStores to protect kids online. @Apple & @Google can no longer sit on the sidelines when kids’ mental health & well-being are at stake. wsj.com/articles/enlist-the-…
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In @FedSoc, @JoinFAI’s @JoshuaTLevine and I outline the positive case as to why the #TikTok bill doesn’t amount to an unconstitutional bill of attainder. fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc…
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HB 1181 Upheld!!!
Is unrestricted access to hardcore pornography really what Madison intended when writing the First Amendment? Even if it means introducing its contents to children?
The Court said NO! Great day for #1A jurisprudence and parents!
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President @JoeBiden is taking real steps to quell the issues with #TikTok. Like President Trump, he’s asking for it to cut ties w/ ByteDance or face a ban. Putting my article back up here that describes how bad TikTok is for our national security. @wsj wsj.com/articles/on-tiktok-i…
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So happy to hear that Apple is on board with Trump’s 60% tariff on Chinese imports, especially when all of their new iPhone Pros are assembled in China. Maybe it means they’ll stop kowtowing to the CCP.
Congratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.
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Today, I represented parties filing (independently) two amici briefs in the #TikTok case before the DC Circuit.
The first is a bipartisan group of academics outlining the legal history of foreign ownership rules in the US to demonstrate the constitutionality of the TikTok law.
The second is a group of human rights activists who argue the TikTok law is necessary to ensure that they are safe from CCP surveillance, harassment, and abduction when using the app.
Great way to end the week!
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Neither #Lemon8 nor #RedNote are viable alternatives for the Chinese government to skirt the law's enforcement against #TikTok. Displaced TikTokers have only one hope: President Trump’s ability to strike a deal! newsweek.com/where-will-tikt…
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To quote Judge Mehta: “Google is a monopolist.”
Google has unique leverage over content owners thanks to its search monopoly.
While content owners can block other chatbots' crawlers, they can't afford to block Google's because Google then removes them from search results entirely: a digital death sentence.
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For my last hurrah as @DigitalProInst prez, I published my written testimony in favor of TX's App Store Accountability Act (w/ citations). @SenPaxton & @FairlyForTexas have developed an impeccable bill that will protect kids & hold #BigTech accountable! medium.com/p/written-testimo…
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Utah unanimously passed the App Store Accountability Act out of committee yesterday! Congratulations to @gopTODD on this monumental step. Utah again proves itself as a trailblazer in efforts to protect kids from #BigTech. Let’s get it through the leg & to @GovCox’s desk ASAP!
Children and smartphones took center stage at the Utah Capitol Tuesday as a Senate committee voted unanimously to require app stores to verify the ages of users.
@danielmwoodruff reports.
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This is awful. I’m glad you and your family are okay, but this can’t be a norm in any sense of the word. Very sad times.
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.@BrendanCarrFCC is bringing the heat to @Apple & he's absolutely right to do so. Apple is the single largest choke point to the Internet. Apple’s dominant position even allows them to steal core functions from the 3P apps they host as if taking 30% wasn’t enough. Apple is so notorious for this behavior that developers have coined a term for it, “Sherlocking.” It's time for a holistic govt review of Apple and its practices
More bipartisan trouble for Apple in D.C.: at #sotn2024, Republican Commissioner @BrendanCarrFCC ends his 🔥 remarks by calling upon the FCC to investigate Apple over its treatment of Beeper, noting the agency’s Part 14 jurisdiction. 👀 👀 👀
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"The antitrust trial against Google’s search[]monopoly has slipped under the radar, and it’s a damning reflection of the state of our public court system...this trial delves deep into the crisis of economic concentration plaguing our society." @LeeHepner thehill.com/opinion/judiciar…
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About that “no evidence”….
There is no evidence of the CCP leaning on ByteDance to force TikTok to supply data gathered on Americans. It’s a preemptive forced sale or ban that’s based on hypothetical fears.
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“The Justice Department’s antitrust division needs to be aggressive in its focus on American workers, consumers and businesses and resist efforts by big companies to hold sway over enforcement” 🎯 @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Huge win! But this never needed to happen. @apple’s complete and utter aversion to several court orders, antitrust laws, basic contract terms, &, candidly, actually innovating are why it wasted so much time to get to the fair result. If you ever needed proof of Apple’s complete monopolization of the digital ecosystem, then here’s your sign.
Thanks to everyone who supported the effort to open up mobile competition and #FreeFortnite from the very beginning. And thanks to all of the folks who initially sided with Apple then later came around to the winning side, supporting app developer rights and consumer rights.
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Google literally paid the DOJ to avoid a public jury trial. I guess Google knows it has a fact problem.
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Apple’s dealings in China raise a whole host of concerns that range from economic to national security. @PatrickMcGee_’s “Apple In China” is a comprehensive account of how we got here and a must-read.
Come get your free copy at @DigitalProInst’s event where I interview him on his findings. Event is on September 3rd at 4:30 PM!
Register here: mailchi.mp/bc2fe41139cc/appl…
Come watch DPI President @joellthayer discuss @PatrickMcGee_’s new book “Apple In China” on September 3rd at 4:30 PM at Sixth&I. We will also provide attendees with/ a free copy of the book.
Details and registration in link: mailchi.mp/bc2fe41139cc/appl…
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Today, SCOTUS affirmed that the TikTok Divestiture Law is indeed constitutional. So glad to have filed an amicus brief w/ @ZephyrTeachout that felt the same and, better yet, have our arguments be vindicated by the Court. Big win for the First Amendment and internet users at large!
Co-authored a SCOTUS amicus brief w/ the great @ZephyrTeachout. We argue why the #TikTok divestiture law is constitutional & how TikTok presents no true speech interest to overcome its national security concerns. TL/DR, ByteDance should be preparing its divestiture papers.
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Put simply, China does not share the same values as the United States, especially its blatant disregard for human rights. Although China does have something that the U.S. simply lacks: billions of more customers. Unfortunately, Apple has taken full advantage of both these attributes, including China’s lack of workers’ rights. But doing business there comes at a huge price—that company must hand certain liberties over to its business practices.
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This is a powerful statement from @POTUS & a critical recognition on the importance of being leaders in #5G and beyond. Congress needs to reauthorize the FCC's spectrum auction authority with a spectrum pipeline. PERIOD. It’s not only an opportunity to bring in needed, non-taxpayer revenue but also better ensures the integrity of wireless networks well within Trump's presidential tenure. Considering the looming threat China presents to us here, It’s a no brainer.
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First senate hearing testimony in the books! Huge thank you to @MarshaBlackburn and @SenAmyKlobuchar (along with their respective staff) for inviting me to testify in @SenJudiciaryGOP’s subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on why we need a federal #privacy framework.
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Let me help with that title, @TechCrunch: “@Apple recants that implementing child safety measures harms user privacy & admits its parental controls wantonly deficient to the point of fraud.” There you go! techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/ap…
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In @Newsweek, I write why @elonmusk’s @DOGE is a great idea. And how @realDonaldTrump can (& should) make it permanent. newsweek.com/elon-musks-doge…
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Apple & Google are the chokepoints of the mobile ecosystem and their Herculean control over app stores is at the heart of it. OAMA is a bipartisan, responsible approach to ensure the innovation economy can flourish. This is a welcomed and needed reform! blackburn.senate.gov/2025/6/…
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Congrats, again, to @gailaslater on her official nomination as AAG to @JusticeATR! Gail will ensure that our competition laws are enforced, both vigorously and fairly, & develop clear rules that facilitate, rather than stifle, the US’s vibrant innovation economy. In this space, she’s second to none and will help @POTUS usher in the golden age of America!
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. @RepJames introduced the App Store Accountability Act in the House! He and @BasedMikeLee, who also introduced a similar bill in the Senate, are standing up for parents and taking it to #BigTech! Love this team! james.house.gov/news/documen…
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In the @DC_Reporter, I write that with no true speech interest to overcome its national security concerns and the court taking TikTok’s proposed NSA off the table, ByteDance should be preparing its divestiture papers. washingtonreporter.news/p/op…
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Huge congratulations to @BrendanCarrFCC on his nomination for FCC Chairman! @realDonaldTrump could not have done better!
Congratulations to my friend and former @FCC colleague @BrendanCarrFCC! He was a brilliant advisor and General Counsel and has been a superb Commissioner, and I’m confident he will be a great FCC Chairman. Best wishes leading the agency!
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Yes, the discussion was tense. But last week's #BigTech hearing showed that we have bipartisan agreement, targeted solutions, and even industry backing. As I write in @Newsweek, there's no reason to wait any longer to protect our kids from Big Tech. newsweek.com/big-tech-regula…
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The title of this article is wholly misleading. Here’s a more accurate title, “Big Tech Funded Group Trots Out Paid Consultants to Discuss Hypothetical & Unlikely Worst Case Scenarios Re Tech Bills.” Guess that’s not as catchy. thehill.com/policy/technolog…
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Apple uses its #AppStore rules to: force its services on 3rd party devs (entitling it to 30% of the app’s revenue), kill competition, & silence voices. Given Apple’s stranglehold on the app ecosystem, Republicans supporting free expression & free markets online must support OAMA.
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Big win at the Supreme Court for parents, child safety, & our freedom of expression! Thank you @KenPaxtonTX for taking on the fight and taking #BigPorn down! #FSCvPaxton
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