A motion to establish a Senate select committee to examine the influence and censorship of Big Tech companies has stalled, with the Senate vote split evenly 32-32. Liberal Senator Alex Antic was prompted to raise the motion in January after tech giant Twitter permanently banned former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media account. “Big Tech companies such as Twitter are now effectively the arbiters of who is entitled to freedom of speech. This is enormously dangerous,” Antic previously told The Epoch Times. The committee would have been charged with investigating issues such as disinformation, misinformation and malinformation, including shadow banning, de-platforming, no-platforming, and demonetisation. While senators from the Liberal, National and One Nation parties voted in favour, the Labor Party, Greens, and independent Senators Rex Patrick, Stirling Griff, and Jacquie Lambie opposed, citing concerns over the Senate’s increased workload and the number of committees currently operating. “Normally, we do work …