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Interviewer
You're being watched through TV screens. I know you went after Samsung for this, right?
Ken Paxton
Samsung, Sony, there's a Chinese company. It's not a conspiracy. They're actually doing it every milliseconds. They're tracking and recording what you're watching. And so we just sued almost all the TV lg. All of them.
Interviewer
That's crazy. Okay, guys, here at Amfest, we got Ken Paxton here today. Thanks for joining us, Nate.
Ken Paxton
Glad to be here. This is a great event and it's just exciting to see the energy after the assassination. I'm sure the assassin thought he would end the whole movement, and yet the.
Interviewer
Movement'S grown, it's even stronger.
Ken Paxton
Yeah, I mean, people are energized. More people came to the movement after they saw what devastating things happened to Charlie.
Interviewer
Kirk, there's probably twice the attendance here from last year.
Ken Paxton
Yeah, so I was here last year and I think you're right.
Interviewer
Yeah, it's pretty nice. Did you speak yet?
Ken Paxton
I will speak on Saturday.
Interviewer
Nice. What's the core message you're going to talk about?
Ken Paxton
I think I'm going to talk about the, the significance of Charlie's death and that how important it is that we continue his work. Because he didn't start this to see it, see it die with him. And I think ultimately it's going to be stronger. Even though he's dead now. I think it actually is going to be stronger.
Interviewer
Did it inspire you? Because you're already doing really big things prior to his death, but did it take another notch up for you?
Ken Paxton
It sure did. Because I so appreciated what he was doing for young people.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
For, for, for a segment that was getting lost in college, in high school to liberal ideology. And he was, he was letting, letting that age group know, wait, here's the truth. Some of it's spiritual, some of it's intellectual, some of it's political. But it, there is a different message that actually will make your life better and will have a better impact on our whole country.
Interviewer
When you look at the younger generation, my generation, like 20s and 30s, do you see them being misguided these days?
Ken Paxton
Yeah, I think the education system has misguided them at almost all levels and particularly once they go to college. So left leaning and it's such a one sided approach and it's such a detrimental approach. It's socialistic. It says there is no God and that your life doesn't really matter. There's no purpose in it.
Interviewer
Have you gone after any of these colleges for that ideology yet?
Ken Paxton
Yeah. So I've actually gone. I mean, I haven't gone after the colleges personally.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
But I've been at Turning Point events all over the state. All over my state. Speaking, encouraging the continuation of the movement.
Interviewer
Wow. Did his death scare you from going to future colleges?
Ken Paxton
So, you know, you kind of take a big gulp because, you know, a lot of people are crazy out there and anybody can be a target. Anybody that they disagree with.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
And. But we can't let it stop us. I mean, the great, the great leaders of our country, whether it was Martin Luther King, jfk, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, they all got shot at.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
But if they, if they, if they were afraid to speak and afraid of what might happen, our country would be in a very different place on all kinds of different issues that matter.
Interviewer
Agreed. Yeah. You're going after the biggest companies in the world, the biggest industries. You know, you're fighting a big battle. So I hats off to you for that.
Ken Paxton
Thank you. You know what? My job's. My job. My job is to protect the citizens of Texas from big government, from big corporations, because we individually don't have the resources to do it. But as a Texas attorney general, oftentimes I do have the resources to do it. We see something that is defrauding our public or is pushing our country away from the Constitution. That's my job.
Interviewer
Do you have a specific lawsuit, a specific case that you're most proud of? I know you've done a lot, but.
Ken Paxton
I think generally just the lawsuits against Barack Obama. 27 in two years, and the 107 against Joe Biden in four years.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ken Paxton
Only because we're taking on the Justice Department, the Department of justice, and the biggest forces in government trying to push our country away from representative constitutional government to more of a oligarchy. A few people in Washington telling us what to do. A little uniparty. And frankly, the founders were very fearful, which is why they created separation of powers, and then also said that the states were preeminent and that only the federal government only had the authority that the states granted them. So those are fundamental principles that if we do not preserve, we lose our freedom.
Interviewer
Which administration was the toughest to deal with?
Ken Paxton
I think, you know, I think Obama was the shocker because he had this attitude that I don't need to work with Congress. I'm just going to make my own laws.
Interviewer
Oh, wow.
Ken Paxton
So he, he was the one that created the model. But so Biden, though, had more time and he had the four years and they were more. They were even more aggressive because they Didn't. The people behind the scenes didn't care if he got reelected.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
So they could be more dramatic. They could do more bad stuff. Whereas Obama, while he was awful in doing this stuff, still wanted to get reelected.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
And so he was somewhat limited because he didn't want his. His polling to be in the 20s like Biden's was. So he would. He would somewhat back off on some of it because he didn't want to lose the next election. Whereas they didn't care about Biden.
Interviewer
Biden was toast. There was no coming back.
Ken Paxton
Well. And he didn't know. So he couldn't protect himself. And nobody, you know, the people behind the scenes running the show, making decisions, they didn't protect him.
Interviewer
Yeah. You see the pen photo in the White House of him.
Ken Paxton
Yes.
Interviewer
Yes. I mean, I wonder what he actually did.
Ken Paxton
I'm not optimistic that he did much of anything.
Interviewer
Holy God knows, right?
Ken Paxton
Yeah. Yes.
Interviewer
What's the most corrupt industry you've taken on?
Ken Paxton
It's a good question. It's, you know, it's probably combination of big tech and big pharma.
Interviewer
Okay. I would have guessed pharma.
Ken Paxton
Pharma's pretty. Been pretty bad. We sued Pfizer over the vaccine because they lied to us. They said it was 95% effective. Well, guess what? It wasn't. They never even tested it. They tested it for like a few days because, remember, they're not liable, so they don't have to test it. They can put out anything and kill as many people as it does. And there's no. There's no liability under, you know, federal law. That's why we sued them under state law. And then. But big tech also has control. Tried to control elections, they've tried to control thought. They tried to censor free speech. It's such a big platform for Google and Facebook and those are companies we sued as well. And we sued Twitter before Elon got there.
Interviewer
Oh, really? They were suppressing a lot of stuff on Twitter.
Ken Paxton
They suppressed me. They censored me for saying when they. When that. That man was competing as women and.
Interviewer
Yeah, the swimmer.
Ken Paxton
I said, he's a man. And they censored me for that. Even though I am right. I am 100% scientifically correct.
Interviewer
You've been vindicated.
Ken Paxton
I've been vindicated. I was already vindicated because it was the truth science tells. It tells us what a man is and what a woman is.
Interviewer
I mean, these tech platforms, they control the society now. The algorithms, they're very powerful.
Ken Paxton
And they do that with me. If you search me on Google, the algorithms are bad.
Interviewer
You're shadow banned.
Ken Paxton
Yeah. So they make sure that, you know, bad things come up.
Interviewer
Yeah. And I'm sure your Wikipedia says the worst things about you.
Ken Paxton
That's absolutely true.
Interviewer
Because Wikipedia is liberally owned.
Ken Paxton
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?
Interviewer
Have you seen any progress when it comes to the social media platforms and big tech kind of easing off, you.
Ken Paxton
Know, occasionally, but not as much as I'd like. I mean, we've damaged them, but, you know, when you're making 120, 120 billion a year and I get a settlement for 1.4 billion PD. So it's. They're. So they're bigger than most countries.
Interviewer
That's crazy to like, put that in perspective.
Ken Paxton
Really. Their GDP is, what they make is bigger than, you know, a significant number of the countries in the world.
Interviewer
I don't think people actually comprehend that. You know what I mean?
Ken Paxton
They are massive. The top seven, you know, tech companies, if they, if they are destined to do evil, can do a lot of damage to the world. United States.
Interviewer
And do you think the solution is to get government involved with these companies or more regulation?
Ken Paxton
So I think not, somewhat, but more like, you know, they have protections because they're supposedly just a platform.
Interviewer
Right.
Ken Paxton
And so under Section 230 of the Federal, 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, they're controlling it with their algorithms.
Interviewer
Yeah. So I still can't believe they got Trump off there for years. He wasn't on any platforms.
Ken Paxton
That's. That's how they operate. They did the same thing to me. They try to control who gets elected by how they cover you. What, when you do a search, whether it's good or bad, that comes up.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ken Paxton
So they have a dramatic impact on elections. And they've tried to influence elections, both Facebook and Google and other tech companies, of course, leaning all left.
Interviewer
Yeah, Doesn't. Doesn't surprise me at all.
Ken Paxton
Yeah.
Interviewer
You actually went after meta. Right.
Ken Paxton
So I sued them for stealing our faces. So under text law, you, you, you have to have a. Permission to, to control somebody. Facial geometry.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
Well, they didn't have permission and they were supposed to get rid of it in a certain period of time. And then if they sold it, they were supposed to get your consent. Well, they didn't do any of that.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ken Paxton
So we sued them. We settled with for them for 1.4 billion.
Interviewer
Wow. There's a conspiracy that you're being watched through TV screens. I know you went after Samsung for this, right?
Ken Paxton
Samsung, Sony, there's a Chinese company, and it's not a conspiracy. They're actually doing it. Wow. They're every so many milliseconds, they're tracking and recording what you're watching.
Interviewer
Oh my God.
Ken Paxton
And so we just sued almost all the TV lg. All of them.
Interviewer
That's crazy.
Ken Paxton
This is what they do. And they make more money off of selling that information than they do off the selling of TVs.
Interviewer
That's so nuts. I remember there was conspiracy about TikTok doing that when you were on the app through your camera phone. I don't know if that got proven. Well, look, false.
Ken Paxton
But I can tell you this when I, I've been with Elon before and I can tell you when I had my phone, I said, hey, I'm nervous about my phone. So I, I turned it off. He goes, that doesn't work. So I moved it like 20ft away. He goes, that's not far enough. He said, you got to move at least 40ft away. We put it in an ice box.
Interviewer
Oh my God.
Ken Paxton
These things. Listen.
Interviewer
Yeah, if Elon's saying that, I'm pretty sure it's.
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Interviewer
Pretty accurate.
Ken Paxton
He wasn't the first person to tell me that, but he confirmed to me what I knew was happening.
Interviewer
Do you think he saved social media?
Ken Paxton
I think he's. Look, I think he saved democracy. I think what he did in the Trump election by identifying people that needed to vote on the Republican side in battleground states and what he's done with social media, I don't think you can undersell his positive impact on our country. I just hope he doesn't quit doing it.
Interviewer
Yeah, I hope so, too. He needs to hold the fort. What's the next big fight for you?
Ken Paxton
I mean, the biggest fight, really? I mean, I have lots of lawsuits coming up.
Interviewer
Must be fun.
Ken Paxton
We just epic for epic games. No, it was their, their healthcare technology, how they're preventing other providers and patients from getting access to their own healthcare information. They use it and they manipulate it and they make a lot of money off of keeping your information away from you. So. But we have a lot of big lawsuits coming up that I can't actually say. Yeah, yeah, you know, for me, the big fight next year is winning the March 3rd Primarian. And our early voting starts February 17th. So I'm running against an incumbent so people can help. And go to my website, kenpax.com I need all the financial help, given the limitations, to try to get the message out that John Cornyn has not represented Texas well, that he's been total, you know, totally anti Trump, didn't want him reelected. He's been anti border wall. He's voted for amnesty 15, 16 times. He sided with Joe Biden in passing restrictive Second Amendment rights, gun legislation. He just hasn't been a senator for Texas. He's been a senator for Massachusetts.
Interviewer
Yeah. Is it true Texas is going a.
Ken Paxton
Little purple these days? No, no, no, I don't think so. All the Californians, look, we always have to go prove ourselves every election. And we have to make the case for why we should be elected. I think we're still doing that. We haven't had a single Democrat elected statewide since 1994. Wow, that's a lot of years. And so, you know, they've been telling me every two years we're going to Lose. We're going to lose. That's just, you know, self fulfill. Yeah, yeah. It's a tactic. We're not gonna lose. And, you know, Jasmine Crockett now is in the Senate race, so I'll be facing her in the fall. There's no way that Jasmine Crockett, she might be fine again for Illinois, where she came from.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
But she's not fine for Texas.
Interviewer
Wow. So you're gonna debate her soon.
Ken Paxton
What's that?
Interviewer
Are you gonna debate her? How does that work?
Ken Paxton
Well, I've got to win the primary first, so I've got to beat the incumbent. Who needs to go after. You know, he's been in office since I was in college and I'm 63. This. Holy crap. And so he's been there way too long.
Interviewer
That's too long.
Ken Paxton
It's too long. And no one's ever been there as long. He wants to serve a fifth term, which no one's ever served in Texas for the US Senate. It is time for a change.
Interviewer
Do you believe in age limits and term limits?
Ken Paxton
I don't believe in age because people act differently. But I do believe in term limits at the federal level because of the way they fund these campaigns and how limited you are in running its incumbent. They shouldn't be able to keep running if they're not going to make elections fair.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
So as long as we have these campaign finance laws that favor the incumbents, you got to have term limits.
Interviewer
Pelosi's been been in there a while, too.
Ken Paxton
What's that?
Interviewer
Pelosi's been in there?
Ken Paxton
Yeah, yeah, she's finally leaving. But that's the problem. You can't run against incumbents. It's very difficult because they are allowed to raise as much money as they possibly can. And you're limited to $7,000 a person.
Interviewer
Do you think there should be some financing laws too, or.
Ken Paxton
No, I think we ought to have. Just like in Texas, we in statewide elections.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ken Paxton
As long as you report what you raised and who gave it to you, you can raise whatever you want. What I like about that is I can go against an incumbent who's been there for 20 years and I have the chance to beat him if you tell me I'm going to be limited. Well, he's got all the money and there's nothing I can do to outraise him because I've got limits. Then you're basically telling me that you want incumbents to win most elections.
Interviewer
That makes sense. I know you were big fighting against the DEI stuff. Has that died down?
Ken Paxton
No, we're still fighting it. So, you know, it's pernicious and we still have to be on watch, but, you know, at every turn, we fought it even so much as, you know, we shut down the Net Zero Banking alliance, which was more focused on eliminating oil and gas and coal. And these banks were. Were slowly but surely cutting off the lending. Yeah, well, we've basically stopped that because we told them they can't do business in Texas on public finance if they continue to do that.
Interviewer
Well, I saw a lot of big companies get rid of their D I Program. So I think you made a lot of progress with.
Ken Paxton
Definitely. We've been pushing that since.
Interviewer
Yeah. Target. There were some big companies. I remember liberal companies, too.
Ken Paxton
That's awesome. That's what we need.
Interviewer
I mean, it's just people should be.
Ken Paxton
Hired based on what they can produce, not based on some, you know, immutable characteristic that no one can change.
Interviewer
I always go back to Charlie Kirk talking about it with the pilots. I know that went viral, but, like, why would you want a pilot? That's not.
Ken Paxton
Not. I said the same thing. I tell people all the time. You may love me, but you don't want me to be your pilot. I don't care what color I am.
Interviewer
Yeah, exactly.
Ken Paxton
I don't know how to fly a plane.
Interviewer
Yeah. I want the best person for the job, man.
Ken Paxton
Well, same with the surgeon. Same with a lawyer. The reality is it ought to be based on merit.
Interviewer
100%. Well, Ken, where could people watching this support you and keep up with you again?
Ken Paxton
Kenpex.com is the best place to go. You can contribute, you know, $5, or you can contribute 7,000 a person. So. Need all the help I can get.
Interviewer
Awesome. Thanks for your time today.
Ken Paxton
Thank you.
Interviewer
Yeah, check them out, guys. Peace.
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Podcast: Digital Social Hour
Host: Sean Kelly
Guest: Ken Paxton (Attorney General of Texas)
Episode: “Your TV Is Watching You” — Ken Paxton on Big Tech Tracking | DSH #1824
Date: February 12, 2026
This episode of Digital Social Hour features Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a candid conversation about privacy invasions by Big Tech and major corporations. Discussion centers on how smart TVs, social media, and other digital platforms are surveilling users, as well as Paxton’s ongoing legal battles against tech giants, the federal government, and the pharmaceutical industry. Paxton also reflects on political leadership, cultural shifts among young Americans, DEI initiatives, and the urgent need for electoral reforms.
This episode provides an unfiltered look at Ken Paxton’s battles with Big Tech, Big Pharma, and the federal government, as he champions privacy, conservative principles, and political reform. His litany of legal actions and willingness to tackle controversial issues make for a provocative discussion, with a focus on the high stakes of privacy in the digital age, the future of American conservatism, and the mechanisms needed to restore political accountability.