.JudiciaryGOP Chairman Jim_Jordan is dangling the possibility of a subpoena to the White House to uncover records on how it 'coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech.' Jordan's panel requested the records in April.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is dangling the possibility of a subpoena to the White House to uncover records on how it"coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech."
Jordan's panel requested in April the White House turn over information on its relationships with private entities when it comes to allegedly thwarting speech.
Jordan added:"In short, there is already extensive evidence that the White House played a unique role in urging and directing social media companies to impose viewpoint-based censorship.
The Thursday letter cited unearthed emails showing that White House Digital Strategy Director Rob Flaherty, on several occasions, communicated with the likes of Facebook and Twitter in 2021 to advise the companies on content moderation, including on posts related to COVID-19. The Biden administration as a whole has been accused by Republicans and conservative watchdogs of throttling speech in tandem with social media companies.
"Mr. Flaherty represented to companies that President Biden himself was the driving force behind these demands," Jordan wrote."After accusing YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, of 'funneling' people into vaccine hesitancy by inadequately censoring material on its website, Mr.
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