New Bill Would Force Big Tech Firms To Disclose Censorship Requests From Governments – The Federalist

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation Wednesday to combat the censorship campaign orchestrated by colluding Big Tech companies and governments all over the world, including the Biden Administration.

Americans should know when governments especially their own request or pressure internet companies to censor legal speech, Rubio said.

Rubio explained in a FOX NewsarticleWednesday that the bill, thePRESERVE Online Speech Act, would require technology companies to disclose any U.S. or foreign government requests or recommendations regarding content moderation within seven days of the request.

It would also force theFederal Communications Commission(FCC) to submit an annual report to Congress covering all government censorship requests and resulting actions from that year. Non-compliant firms will receive a daily fine of $50,000 that will be directed to the FCC to provide rural broadband access.

The legislationcomes nearly two weeks afterWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psakiopenly admitted that the Biden administration is conspiring with Big Tech oligarchs to suppress dissent on social media platforms.

We already know that Big Tech companies pick and choose which viewpoints are allowed on their platforms, and now the Biden administration expressed their willingness to help them censor the American people, said Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of the bills cosponsors.

Indeed, it is obvious bywhoandwhattech companies choose to censor that their disinformation campaigns are ideological vendettas against conservatives.

Transparency is critical, wrote Rubio, but it alone will not change the poisonous role that Big Tech and social media corporations are playing in our national politics.

For this reason, Rubio said he has also introduced the DISCOURSE Act, which would strip Section 230 protections from large tech companies that drop the pretense of neutrality by censoring specific viewpoints or creating and developing content, including through algorithmic amplification.

We need to step up to the plate to stop Silicon Valley-Democrat collusion before its too late, said Rubio.

Evita Duffy is an intern at The Federalist, co-founder of the Chicago Thinker, and a senior at the University of Chicago. Follow her on Twitter at @evitaduffy_1

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