The Free Speech Protection Act is sorely needed
Thanks to the Twitter Files, government whistleblowers, and the dogged determination of a few investigative journalists, the American public is well aware that the federal government, primarily under the Biden administration, has engaged in outright censorship, violating Americans’ fundamental right to freedom of speech.
Moreover, as documented in a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, the Biden administration, “coerced, significantly encouraged, and/or jointly participated [with] social-media companies to suppress social-media posts by American citizens that expressed opinions that were anti-COVID-19 vaccines, anti-COVID-19 lockdowns, posts that delegitimized or questioned the results of the 2020 election, and other content not subject to any exception to the First Amendment. These items are protected free speech and were seemingly censored because of the viewpoints they expressed.”
In short, this is a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution, which specifically prevents the government from directly or indirectly facilitating the suppression of free speech. Furthermore, it raises questions as to what else the executive branch has done, or is doing, behind the scenes to diminish, and in some cases silence, the speech of American citizens that it deems counterproductive to its policy objectives.
Fortunately, a simple bill (incredibly, it is only 19 pages) has been introduced that would drive a stake through the heart of this completely un-American practice of free speech suppression.
