Hi, I'm Dan Pramack and welcome to Axios Recap, sponsored by Amazon.

Today's Thursday, January 28th.

Stocks are up, Robin Hood shut down GameStop trades, and we're focused on Joe Biden's

big tech agenda.

Big tech, it's that group of companies we all use to communicate, to search for

information, to buy stuff, to waste time. Oh, an increasing number of us also blame Big Tech for the

world's problems, from the personal to the political. In fact, animosity toward big tech

might be the only thing that really unites us right now as a country. Now, to be clear,

there are some lines of critical and partisan demarcation. Republicans, for example, seem

mostly concerned with who can and can't say whatever they want on social media platforms

and how those messages get amplified or smothered.

Democrats, on the other hand, seem mostly concerned with broader issues of market power

and antitrust law.

What we haven't heard, though, is too much from the incoming Biden administration about

its top tech priorities. So we want to dig into them and how the new Congress plans to address them with California

Congressman Rokana, that conversation in 15 seconds.

We're joined now by California Congressman Rokana.

So, Congressman, let's start here. We're about two weeks

into a new administration, into a new Congress. From your perspective, when it comes to technology

and big tech issues, what is the top priority of the Biden administration? The top priority

should be opt-in consent for data. Let me explain why. The social

media fanning the flames of extremism and violence that we've seen, the recommendation to join

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