- Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, vowed to investigate Big Tech’s censorship of conservatives after Newsmax was dropped by DirecTV.
- “Today as Ranking Member of the @SenateCommerce Committee I opened an investigation into Big Tech’s censorship,” Cruz tweeted Monday night. “We are going to see accountability, transparency, and we’re going to shine a light on Big Tech’s efforts to silence conservatives.”
- Republicans in Congress also want to probe DirecTV and parent company AT&T for similar censorship of Newsmax.