Conservatives are rallying against what they call collusion between Big Tech and the federal government, fearing the two powerful entities will censor them under the guise of preventing domestic terrorism.
Large tech platforms from Facebook and YouTube to Spotify and GoFundMe have ratcheted up bans and censorship of users and organizations.
At the same time, the federal government’s counterterrorism apparatus under President Joe Biden has taken multiple actions recently aimed at curbing speech deemed as extremism and misinformation. House Republicans also say an FBI whistleblower email shows the agency is using"counterterrorism tools" to monitor violent threats against school employees and teachers in relation to parents protesting local school board decisions.
He added that the federal government and its agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, can and should put out their point of view on problems in society. They can even criticize certain information online as being incorrect, Bishop said, but it’s not the government's role to criminalize or deter certain speech on private platforms.
Conservatives say the federal government has threatened to crack down on right-leaning speech for years. GOP Rep. Bishop said he expects Republicans to take back control of the House of Representatives after the midterm elections and will then investigate the federal government's recent actions related to misinformation and domestic terrorism.
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