Rep. Jim Jordan questions Microsoft about company's 'bias against conservatives' as Congress …

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, has sent a letter to Microsoft, accusing the tech giant of being “out to get conservatives.” The letter from Jordan comes as the House Judiciary Committee prepares to consider a series of antitrust bills that could force Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook to overhaul their business practices, according to CNBC. In his letter to Microsoft President Brad Smith, Jordan openly wondered why House Democrats did not include Microsoft in the list of companies for reform.  “Big Tech, including Microsoft, Inc., is out to get conservatives. Despite Microsoft’s size and market dominance, House Democrats curiously did not significantly examine Microsoft’s conduct during their investigation of competition in digital markets. Democrats also seem to have excluded Microsoft from scrutiny in their large package of bills to radically rewrite American antitrust law,” Jordan wrote to Smith. Jordan accused Microsoft of taking “increasing aggressive editorial control over content on its platforms,” citing that the company’s Bing search engine has censored “Tank Man” results on the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ‘on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.” Jordan also believes Microsoft’s LinkedIn is muzzling both Chinese…
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