A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech (opens in new tab)

Last week, introduced the Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression, or . The bipartisan legislation creates a federal cause of action against government officials who coerce or attempt to coerce broadcasters, interactive computer services, or AI providers into taking actions against lawful, First-Amendment-protected speech, and establishes a transparency system for government communications with those intermediaries about user expression. We thank the Senators...