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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) joined host Ben Domenech to discuss the danger of big tech censorship for the American public.Rep. Bucks new book, Capitol Freedom: Restoring American Greatness, is out now.

Many Republicans argue all private companies ought to remain unfettered by government intervention, but Buck argues that big tech companies such as Google dont use the extreme level of power they wield over free speech fairly. He debunked the idea that theres no relationship between privacy and size, saying that if these companies didnt have a monopoly on free speech, they couldnt get away with their actions.

There are 100 if not thousands of news sources that we can get information from and as we receive that information were able to filter it understanding the source. Thats not true when you go to google and you search for a particular item, the congressman said. Youre gonna find Don Jr. on page 23 of your Google search.

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