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Dick Durbin: “If Big Tech is forced to face accountability and liability…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Senator Hawley, Senator Durbin, and NM AG Raúl Torrez call on Congress to hold Big Tech accountable.

Published | Video Starts at 03:55

But the dam is breaking. Thanks to Attorney General Torres and others, lawsuits like those in New Mexico and California will keep on coming. If Big Tech is forced to face accountability and liability for the harm they do, they will change their behavior. Congress has to do its part. I have been joined in this unlikely odd couple experience with a conservative Republican colleague of mine from the neighboring state of Missouri. (03:55–04:03)

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