Google and Meta officials said Wednesday that they broadly support a push from Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz to create greater transparency around government contacts with social media platforms and to allow individuals to sue the government for censorship.
At a committee hearing, the Texas Republican said he is drafting the legislation to introduce “soon” in response to what he said were actions by the Biden administration to “jawbone Big Tech into deleting tweets, down-ranking posts and deplatforming conservatives under the guise of ‘safety and national security.’”
This is the second Commerce Committee hearing on jawboning, or indirect censorship, this month. The first featured individuals who said their content was censored by social media platforms at the direction of the Biden administration.
