<div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz (R-TX) has called out a major tech giant for its ties to a dystopian online rating firm.
Microsoft has&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/08/23/defending-against-disinformation-in-partnership-with-newsguard/">long had</a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsguardtech.com/edge/">partnership</a>&nbsp;with website traffic cop NewsGuard, including for its Edge browser and for educational initiatives, and Cruz now aims to find out exactly what the latter partnership entails. Cruz wrote in his&nbsp;<a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/6801E8CD-60A1-421D-86A2-8B9104AE27EB">Monday letter</a>, “Given growing concerns about NewsGuard's ideological bias and its efforts to manipulate young minds, I ask for transparency regarding Microsoft's involvement in and financing of this Orwellian censorship project.”
Read <a href="https://mrcfreespeechamerica.org/blogs/free-speech/catherine-salgado/2024/12/26/orwellian-sen-cruz-challenges-microsoft-newsguard">the full blog</a> on MRC Free Speech America’s website. </div>

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz (R-TX) has called out a major tech giant for its ties to a dystopian online rating firm.{ai:summary}Senator Ted Cruz has criticized Microsoft for its partnership with NewsGuard, an online rating firm, citing concerns over ideological bias and potential manipulation of youth. He has requested transparency about Microsoft's financial involvement in what he describes as an "Orwellian censorship project." #technology

‘Orwellian’: Sen. Cruz Challenges Microsoft on NewsGuard Ties

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