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• @carolyniodice Carolyn Iodice on x

  Today, Sens. Cruz & Wyden introduced a great anti-jawboning bill. It: ▶️ creates a statutory ban on jawboning involving social media, AI, and broadcasters ▶️ lets victims sue the government, and ▶️ requires transparency so we can catch government jawboning when it happens

• @glukianoff Greg Lukianoff on x

  Government officials who can't censor you themselves shouldn't get to strong-arm platforms into doing it for them. That's government censorship by coercion. It's called jawboning, and it violates the First Amendment. [image]

• @glukianoff Greg Lukianoff on x

  Federal officials don't get to outsource censorship by bullying private platforms into doing their dirty work. Sens. Cruz and Wyden's JAWBONE Act would help stop that coercion and give victims a way to fight back. Passing it would be a win across party lines.

• @glukianoff Greg Lukianoff on x

  Under the Biden administration, officials pressured platforms to restrict posts on elections and COVID-19. Under Trump, broadcasters faced regulatory threats tied to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension after a joke. In both cases, the concern is the same. Government officials used [image]

• @patterico @patterico on x

  @NicoPerrino How does this work when the biggest jawboner is the president himself, and any jawboning he does is going to be considered an official act for which he is immune from civil liability under Nixon v. Fitzgerald?

• @nicoperrino Nico Perrino on x

  FINALLY: A bipartisan effort to end unconstitutional jawboning! The bill will require transparency and create a cause of action for damages when the feds coerce private platforms into censoring their users. Everyone — regardless of their politics — should support this.

• @thefireorg @thefireorg on x

  Government officials can't legally censor protected speech, but they can strong-arm private parties into doing it for them. That's called jawboning, and it violates your First Amendment rights. We're supporting the JAWBONE Act to stop that coercion. [image]

• @benbrodydc Ben Brody on x

  A little BOLO from AM: Cruz's JAWBONE Act is finally coming today, and it's bipartisan, with Wyden. Comes amid Cruz's frustrations over FCC's Carr pressuring broadcasters but also touches on COVID days on social media and AI [image]

• @spencekjell Spence Purnell on x

  With everything going on domestically and abroad, our country really needs these reforms.

• @adamthierer Adam Thierer on x

  excited to hear this new anti-jawboning bill is coming from @SenTedCruz and bipartisan group of Senators. Very much needed, as @SpenceKjell noted in recent @RSI essay linked below.

• @prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne on x

  Can't wait to read the full bill text of Sen. @tedcruz and @RonWyden's JAWBONE Act. As described, JAWBONE is similar to the GRANITE Act, only pointed at the *U.S.* government instead of foreign states. Brilliant idea! Congress should pass it. [image]