Representatives Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-9) issued the following statement after reintroducing H.R. 908, the Stop the Censorship Act, legislation reforming Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to end Big Tech’s broad ability to censor Americans:
This isn’t the first time Gosar will have tried to stop the censorship. In the wake of social media giants pulling a video of doctors talking favorably about hydroxychloroquine and medical advances in the fight against COVID-19, Gosar introduced H.R. 7808 Stop the Censorship Act of 2020.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1934 deputizes Big Tech companies to censor competition and lawful political speech, even affording immunity from legal challenges against anticompetitive conduct.
The Stop Censorship Act revokes Big Tech’s broad immunity for the removal of “otherwise objectionable” material and instead protects the removal of “unlawful material,” extends protections to platforms for empowering users with the option to restrict access to any material, ensures Section 230 does not provide immunity from antitrust claims and requires platforms to abide by their own terms of service.
“Big Tech, including social media giant Meta, were caught colluding with the Biden Regime to censor free speech involving explosive information about Hunter Biden’s laptop and content related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Gosar this time around. “Yet, under current law, they are not held liable for restricting free speech online. Countless other examples exist of the government and Big Tech silencing the American people who dare disagree with them all the while promoting propaganda to advance their liberal and woke political causes. The government cannot censor lawful speech even if done indirectly. This is an illegal deprivation of civil rights.”
“Free speech is a bedrock of the United States, but the overwhelmingly left-leaning Big Tech companies have taken that right away from Americans by silencing online speech they disagree with. The Stop the Censorship Act revokes Big Tech’s Section 230 protections by providing a much-needed update to the Communications Act of 1934. There should be no more Big Tech immunity for censoring lawful political speech,” stated Congressman Gosar.
This isn’t the first time Gosar will have tried to stop the censorship. In the wake of social media giants pulling a video of doctors talking favorably about hydroxychloroquine and medical advances in the fight against COVID-19, Gosar introduced H.R. 7808 Stop the Censorship Act of 2020.
How about the media pushing SARS Co19 from being from CHINA LABS – How about the gov’t stopping the use of MCA to sell vaccine? How about the denial of Facui having being denied a similar vaccine for AIDS by the FDA – 3 different times – the presentation buried ; Is he the greatest single mass murderer ever? What is the truth ‘you can’t handle the truth’… didn’t I hear that someplace before?