Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has launched a new Senate probe into Big Tech through the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST).
Cruz sent four letters to the chief officers of TikTok, Meta, Twitter, and Google asking for information about their platforms’ algorithms.
In each of the four letters Cruz, the ranking member of the CST committee, cited each of the platforms’ use of proprietary algorithms that determine what kind of content does and does not make it to a user’s social media feed.
“As you are well aware, social media companies rely on algorithms to not only moderate content, but also to surface personalized recommendations to users,” Cruz said….