Lawmakers are looking for answers after Google attempted to demonetize The Federalist, a conservative website that publishes news stories and opinion pieces.
The actions against the website “raise serious concerns that Google is abusing its monopoly power in an effort to censor political speech with which it disagrees,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a letter (pdf) on Tuesday, referencing how Google in the past has made a number of moves against conservatives.
