Ken Paxton
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If you search me on Google, the algorithms are bad.
Yeah.
So they make sure that bad things come up.
Yes.
And that's how, you know, that's what we're trying to fight back against.
Because if places like Texas don't fight back, who's going to sue Google?
Who's going to sue Facebook?
Who's going to sue, you know, the companies that have all this money and all this power?
You know, occasionally, but not as much as I'd like.
I mean, we've damaged them.
But, you know, when you're making $120 billion a year and I get a settlement for $1.4 billion, they're bigger than most countries.
No, really.
Their GDP is what they make is bigger than, you know, a significant number of the countries in the world.
They are massive.
The top seven, you know, tech companies, if they are destined to do evil, can do a lot of damage to the world, to the United States.
So I think somewhat, but more like they have protections because they're supposedly just a platform.
Right.
And so under Section 230 of the federal law, they can't be sued for what they say and for being liable for false things.
But the problem is they're picking and choosing what goes on there.
They're not just a platform.