A Texas Democrat wants to keep Ken Paxton’s war on Big Tech alive

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has transformed his office into one of the nation’s most aggressive litigators against Big Tech, suing companies including Meta, Netflix, WhatsApp and Discord, and building a dedicated privacy-enforcement operation. Now, a Democrat running to replace him says that’s one part of his legacy worth preserving. “There’s so many things I would condemn Paxton’s tenure as attorney general for,” said Texas state Sen. Nathan Johnson (D), the Democratic nominee for attorney general. But the campaign against Big Tech “stands out as an exception.” The comments underscore how hostility toward major technology companies has become one of the few issues capable of bridging partisan divides.