Republicans Won The House and Senate. Here’s What A GOP Congress Could Mean for Tech Policy.

Today, much of the energy-driving Republicans on tech policy is aimed at addressing claims of platform bias against conservatives, but whether that translates into any meaningful legislation is unclear. “What I do know is it means a whole hell of a lot more jawboning,” said Adam Thierer, a senior fellow for the Technology and Innovation team at the R Street Institute. “It means that we’re going to see just as much, if not more, efforts to use the power of the bully pulpit to sort of browbeat a lot of companies and sectors into thinking or acting differently without maybe any laws passing at all.”