Ted Cruz questions Microsoft about censorship
Newsmax: Microsoft's use of a left-wing censorship tool created by NewsGuard has gotten the serious attention of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. On Monday, Cruz fired off a strongly worded letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella demanding to know answers about the Big Tech giant's partnership with one of the left's most notorious media monitors. Cruz's letter addresses Microsoft's promotion and apparent funding of the online "Media Literacy" tool, which was created by NewsGuard to guide "learners of all ages through the overwhelming landscape of online news and information." Conservatives say that NewsGuard's tool and its efforts are simply suppressing viewpoints and news reports using highly subjective ratings. "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," Cruz wrot...