Joe Biden briefly criticized Huge Tech in Tuesday’s State of the Union tackle, however he uncared for to say on-line censorship. The transfer sparked quite a few reactions on Twitter from complete Biden bashing to outright reward.

Joe Biden referred to as on Congress to carry social media firms accountable throughout his State of the Union tackle.

However, whereas some left-leaning media and political figures praised his remarks, different extra right-leaning accounts slammed Biden’s hypocrisy in gentle of latest revelations that Huge Tech and large authorities colluded to censor People.

Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) marketed the Feb. 8 Home Oversight committee listening to on tech censorship within the wake of SOTU, since Biden mentioned social media and antitrust however not censorship. “Biden talked quite a bit about big-tech, however forgot to say the social media censorship of differing political beliefs,” Donalds tweeted.

Becker Information CEO Kyle Becker not solely critiqued the SOTU however went farther, calling for Biden’s impeachment. “Biden’s administration coordinated with Huge Tech to silence political dissent and ban customers from talking their minds freely — a blatant violation of the U.S. Structure,” Becker tweeted, referring to proof that the Biden White Home was instantly concerned in pushing tech firms to censor. “He talks about ‘holding Huge Tech accountable.’ No, he must be held accountable. By being impeached #SOTU,” Becker added.

Newsmax host Sean Spicer additionally slammed Biden’s declare of wanting to carry social media firms accountable. He referred to the truth that Biden has beforehand promoted TikTok influencers and has to date refused to ban the app, regardless of a rising bipartisan consensus on the app’s nationwide safety dangers. “You possibly can’t declare you wish to maintain Huge Tech accountable and be fearful about them scooping up private knowledge and promote China’s Tiktok on the similar time #sotu2023 #SOTU,” Spicer tweeted.

Some Twitter accounts have been much less vital and even praised Biden’s SOTU tech remarks. Yelp’s Public Coverage Senior Vice President Luther Lowe appeared impressed. He tweeted a video clip with the remark, “BOOM. The primary time the President has stated ‘antitrust’ in a State of the Union since 1979. Biden requires legal guidelines to curb Huge Tech’s self-dealing.”

Left-leaning tech nonprofit Frequent Sense Media praised Biden and tweeted his SOTU quote about social media accountability and defending youngsters. “We agree with and applaud @POTUS for calling on Congress to guard children from on-line harms in final night time’s #SOTU. Kids’s on-line security ought to by no means be sacrificed for the monetary achieve of social media firms,” the account tweeted. 

Evan Greer, director of leftist digital activist group Struggle for the Future, had a extra reasonable take however nonetheless permitted of Biden’s SOTU tech feedback. “General Biden’s #SOTU tech priorities have been fairly good,” Greer tweeted. “He steered away from calling for content material regulation or gutting Part 230, and targeted as a substitute on #antitrust and #privateness laws. Particularly: ban focused promoting for teenagers, prohibit knowledge assortment for everybody.”

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