Lawmakers Demand Tech Companies Censor Journalists and Conduct Mass Surveillance
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Anti-Russia hearings in the US
By Andre Damon
World Socialist Web Site
Wednesday’s hearings by the House and Senate Intelligence committees on “extremist” political views served as the occasion for members of Congress to urge technology companies to flagrantly violate the US Constitution by censoring political speech, carrying out mass surveillance, and muzzling journalists in pursuit of the government’s geopolitical aims.
The hearings revolved around allegations, promoted ceaselessly in recent months by the intelligence agencies, leading figures within the Democratic Party, and newspapers such as the New York Times, that social opposition to the political establishment results from “fake news” promoted by Russia.
As Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff put it, “Russia...