U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new "free speech" policy aimed at protecting Americans from censorship by foreign officials, but the announcement was met with a wave of backlash as critics pointed to the Trump administration's own history of targeting dissent and restricting speech.
"For too long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign authorities for exercising their free speech rights," Rubio wrote in an X post shared Wednesday, before revealing "a new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign officials and persons who are complicit in censoring Americans."
