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12/18/2020 Tweet - "Earlier this week I joined several of my Senate colleagues in a letter to @FBI & @CISAgov requesting preliminary info on the brazen cyberattack against multiple government agencies, which has been attributed to Russia."
12/14/2020 Wicker, Thune, Moran Statement on Government Cyberattack
12/08/2020 Tweet - "As @FCC commissioner, Nathan Simington will champion rural broadband, support America's race to 5G, & protect an open internet. I was happy to vote yes on his confirmation today and look forward to working with him."
11/08/2020 South Dakota War College - US Senator John Thune's Weekly Column: Holding Big Tech Accountable
10/28/2020 Tweet - "Due to big tech's secrecy around content moderation practices, it's impossible to know for sure if political bias exists, but recent examples of content suppression certainly seem to suggest that it does. Big tech's "explanations" for these examples too often seem like excuses."
10/28/2020 Tweet - "The Facebook employee who is in charge of election integrity on the platform is a former Biden staffer. And, according to Mr. Zuckerberg, he isn't even aware of it. Is there someone to balance this ideology in a similar election integrity role at his company? **crickets**"
10/28/2020 Tweet - "Just look at big tech's public statements, geographic concentration, & employee political donations (normally 80-90% Dem), and it's clear why there's mistrust among Republican users. It's baffling how tech CEOs don't see this absence of ideological diversity as problematic."
10/28/2020 Tweet - "The CEOs of @Facebook , @Twitter , and @Google should be ready for some tough questions at the @SenateCommerce hearing today. There needs to be more transparency from big tech on how they decide what content they suppress or promote."
10/28/2020 Tweet - "Appreciate @Jack working on an idea that was generated from Stephen Wolfram's testimony at a hearing I convened on algorithm transparency in June 2019. "Algorithmic choice" is an idea worth exploring."
10/28/2020 Hearing of the Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Thune, Hearing on Consumer Transparency and Accountability, Perceived Political Bias
10/28/2020 Tweet - "My question: Are Silicon Valley CEOs the legitimate referees of what kind of political speech gets amplified or suppressed? Zuckerberg: I certainly think not, I do not want us to have that role @Jack : No To underscore: tech companies are not the referees over our democracy."
10/28/2020 Tweet - "I asked Mr. Zuckerberg & Mr. Dorsey to provide a complete list of the newspaper articles their companies have suppressed or limited the distribution of over the past five years + an explanation of why they suppressed each article. These companies owe Americans more transparency."
10/27/2020 Tweet - "Tomorrow I'll be questioning leaders of the big tech industry about their online content moderation practices. What would you ask them if you had the opportunity?"
10/26/2020 Thune Joins "Full Court Press" with Greta Van Susteren
10/16/2020 Tweet - "Social media companies act as a filter and create an information bubble for their users. Their algorithms filter info so users see what these platforms want users to see. This is a big problem. These companies have to be accountable."
10/15/2020 Thune Joins Fox News's Neil Cavuto to Discuss Social Media Censorship
10/15/2020 Tweet - "Americans deserve to know what content moderation policies are used by tech platforms when they suppress or amplify content. The New York Post story is a good example. Transparency in these decisions is a matter of accountability to the American people."
10/07/2020 Wicker, Thune, Walden, Guthrie, Latta Lead Bill to Open Mid-Band Spectrum for Commercial Use
10/01/2020 Tweet - "We must confront the lack of transparency on tech platforms. I voted to authorize subpoenas to CEOs of Google/Facebook/Twitter to get answers about their companies' practices. Issues around online privacy & content moderation have been crying out for solutions for a long time."
10/01/2020 Thune Statement on Commerce Committee's Decision to Authorize Subpoenas to Tech CEOs
09/30/2020 Tweet - "We just wrote to POTUS to commend him on his success empowering the private sector to build multiple 5G networks & cautioning him against attempts to create a singular nationalized network. Secure 5G will be vital to national security & a singular network is easier to compromise."
09/30/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Thune, Colleagues Urge President Trump to Bolster Private-Sector Deployment of 5G
09/29/2020 Rounds, Thune, Johnson: Army Corps Announces Major Step Toward Implementation of Snowpack Monitoring System
09/24/2020 Tweet - "Visitors might escape to SD's Black Hills to unplug from tech. But if an emergency occurs, reliable communications -- even in these beautiful, remote places -- is a top priority. Congress created FirstNet to improve communications services for our country's emergency personnel."
09/24/2020 Hearing of the Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Thune, Hearing on Public Safety Broadband Network, Including Testimony From South Dakota Law Enforcement Officer
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