Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell, Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, and more than 30 conservative leaders issued the following statement Monday calling for the breakup of Big Tech companies including Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple after their sweeping acts of censorship against conservatives and President Donald Trump this past week.
“Big Tech has declared war on free speech and is now an existential threat to democracy. The tech tyrants began to systematically shut down the conservative movement over the weekend. This is an all out assault on our republic from within like we’ve never seen before. We will not stand idly by as they cancel conservatives for daring to speak freely.
“Big Tech is using the violent riot at the Capitol last week – even though it was immediately condemned by all conservatives – as an excuse to do what they have always wanted to do: banish conservatives from the internet. Over the last 72 hours, Big Tech proved they are too big and too powerful yet again, with Apple, Google, and Amazon collectively shutting down Parler. Free speech was controlled like this in East Germany and the Soviet Union. This should not be happening in America.
“Freedom has never been threatened like this before. We live our lives online, especially now, during the pandemic. The entire conservative movement will be canceled by the left and their thugs if we let them. They will turn the screws on conservatives if we don’t defend our rights. It is time to stand up and demand the breakup of these big tech monopolies.
“Brent Bozell
President & Founder
Media Research Center
Ted Baehr, Th.D., HHD, J.D.
Movieguide(r)
Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) Member
Morton Blackwell
President
Leadership Institute
David Bossie
President
Citizens United
Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute
Brian Brown
President
International Organization for the Family
Floyd Brown
Publisher
The Western Journal
Ed Corrigan
President and CEO
Conservative Partnership Institute
Will Chamberlain
Publisher
Human Events
Mike Davis
President
The Internet Accountability Project
Jim DeMint
Chairman
Conservative Partnership Institute
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Bill Donohue
President
Catholic League
Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Steven Ertelt
Editor
LifeNews.com
Joseph Farah
Founder and CEO
WND.com
Mark Fitzgibbons
President of Corporate Affairs
American Target Advertising
Lady Brigitte Gabriel
Founder & Chairman
ACT For America
Becky Gerritson
Executive Director
Eagle Forum of Alabama
Kristan Hawkins
President
Students for Life of America
Students for Life Action
John Hinderaker
President
Center of the American Experiment
David Kupelian
Vice President and Managing Editor
WND.com
Jim Lakely
Vice President & Director of Communications
The Heartland Institute
Thomas Lifson
Editor and Publisher
American Thinker
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
James L. Martin
Founder & Chairman
60 Plus Association
Hon. George K Rasley, Jr
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Christie-Lee McNally
President
Raven Strategies
Gene Mills
President
Louisiana Family Forum
Lori Roman
President
American Constitutional Rights Union Action Fund
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Jon Schweppe
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
American Principles Project
Kelly Shackelford, Esq.
President, CEO & Chief Counsel
First Liberty
Sharon Slater
President
Family Watch International
Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum
John-Henry Westen
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
LifeSiteNews.com
Walker Wildmon
VP of Operations
American Family Association”