Poll Finds Massive Support For Bill to Force Big Tech Companies to be Politically Neutral

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jul. 13, 2019

A new poll from Echelon Insights found Senator Josh Hawley's bill which aims to force Big Tech companies to be politically neutral was "the most popular tech-related proposal" out of multiple plans tested.

The plan is supported by voters from both parties and Independents by huge margins.

Echelon Insights Patrick Ruffini shared the results Thursday on Twitter:

The most popular tech-related proposal we tested? @HawleyMO's proposal to have tech companies certify that their practices are politically neutral, an issue targeted by the Trump campaign and today's summit. It's favored 48-21, by similar margins across all parties. pic.twitter.com/8E9q360lMl
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 11, 2019

By a 59-23 margin, registered voters think political bias by social media companies is a problem. 68% of Republicans think it's a problem, but so do 53% of Democrats. pic.twitter.com/YIrqDq1fkj
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 11, 2019

Elizabeth Warren has made a show of not hiring a pollster, so we polled her proposal to break up Big Tech.

It's unpopular, with a 31-46 favor-oppose split. Democrats are evenly split 38-40. pic.twitter.com/nzSXhchMBm
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 11, 2019

.@AndrewYang's proposal for a Universal Basic Income - a response to tech-driven automation - fares better. It's narrowly opposed among all voters but is up 53-26 among Democrats. pic.twitter.com/Hl8h6wegiZ
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 11, 2019

Needless to say, this is all a reminder that Twitter is not real life: the Hawley bill was mocked online, but voters favor it 2-to-1 and think it addresses a real problem. Meanwhile the public is "meh" on Warren's plan on break up Big Tech.
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 11, 2019

Senator Hawley talked about his bill Thursday at the White House Social Media Summit:

Just came from the White House Social Media Summit where I had chance to stand alongside @realDonaldTrump and talk about why we need to stop Big Tech from discriminating against conservatives #Section230 #SocialMediaSummit pic.twitter.com/LJ0Ig7GWDo
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 11, 2019

"Americans are tired of Big Tech censorship. Time to listen to them, not the Big Tech-funded apologists," Hawley said on Twitter, linking to the above poll.

Americans are tired of Big Tech censorship. Time to listen to them, not the Big Tech-funded apologists https://t.co/sbRJ1mMMnb
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 11, 2019

Though voters from both parties are clamoring for Big Tech to be reigned in without any action on the part of our congress, 140 House Republicans just voted with Democrats to give a massive handout to Google and other tech giants by passing a bill that will hand out hundreds of thousands of green cards to Indian contract workers so they can drive down wages and outsource our nation's jobs.

The disconnect between what the public actually wants and what our sold out (or blackmailed?) criminal congress is giving us could not be any bigger.

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