House Republicans plan to introduce legislation on Thursday to ban government employees from pressuring internet platforms to suppress lawful speech
WASHINGTON—Senior House Republicans plan to introduce legislation Thursday to ban federal employees
from pressuring internet platforms to suppress lawful speech, in one of their first steps to advance a central initiative ofThe bill addresses what its supporters claim to be efforts by the Biden administration to influence content on social-media platforms, including attempts to block speech on Covid-19 vaccines that runs counter to White House policy. It would bar federal employees from ordering or advocating for “the removal or suppression of lawful speech” from internet platforms.
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