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Josh Hawley Calls For Legal Action Against Big Tech Over Illegal Content

The Senator, Josh Hawley, has been working very hard to build liability against social media companies for unlawful content that happens to...

While questioning government officials in a recent hearing, Hawley referred to cases with cartels using Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok to recruit Americans to activities of human and drug smuggling. Law enforcement agencies have increasingly warned that the cartels use technology to further their own interests, including providing GPS-guided drone surveillance and encrypted messaging applications. Whether Hawley’s legal approach will have any chance of going after complex criminal organizations, however, remains to be seen; but the fact that he is prepared to go scorched earth will likely add fuel to the fire of debate in Washington on the topic.

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