Conservative Leaders: Tech Companies Pose Existential Threat, Must Be Broken Up

Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell 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

Saul Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association

Ted Baehr, Th.D., HHD, J.D.
Movieguide(r)
Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) Member

Morton Blackwell
President
Leadership Institute

Ryan Bomberger
Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer
Radiance Foundation

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

Seth Dillon
CEO
Babylon Bee

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

Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First

Kylie Jane Kremer
Executive Director
Women for America First

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

Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs
AFA

Ron Robinson
President
YAF

Lori Roman
President
American Constitutional Rights Union Action Fund

Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam

Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project

Craig Shirley
Presidential historian and Ronald Reagan biographer

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