Online censorship in the wake of violence at the U.S. Capitol shows that "unelected" companies have "monopoly power," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Sunday. "This is also an opportunity for [the left] to go and put pressure on social media companies to literally not just erase the president but erase everybody," Rubio told "Sunday Morning Futures." "We are now living in a country where four or five companies, unelected, unaccountable, have the monopoly power to decide, we’re gonna wipe people out, we’re going to erase them, from any digital platform, whether it’s selling things and the like." TWITTER SLAMMED FOR NOT ACTING ON CHINESE MEDIA TWEET ALLEGING COVID-19 CAME FROM 'IMPORTED FROZEN FOOD'Rubio has warned about tech companies' power for a long time. In 2020, he cosponsored legislation to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if they engage in selective censorship of political speech.

Source: Fox News January 10, 2021 17:26 UTC