Sen. Rand Paul has dropped a surprising pivot, turning his back on long-held views about Big Tech’s legal protections.
On Monday, the Republican senator from Kentucky published an opinion piece in the New York Post, declaring a major shift in his position on Google and YouTube. Paul argued that these platforms should face lawsuits for hosting defamatory content, citing a specific video he claims falsely accuses him of taking money from Venezuela’s indicted former leader, Nicolás Maduro. He also noted that YouTube’s refusal to remove the video has led to death threats against him, prompting his push for legislation to hold such platforms accountable.
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