ENOUGH: Jor­dan Increas­es Pres­sure on Gov’t‑Big Tech Col­lu­sion

The House Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee is aim­ing to uncov­er poten­tial­ly more dystopi­an free speech vio­la­tions from two major gov­ern­ment agen­cies in coor­di­na­tion with five Big Tech com­pa­nies.
Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee Chair­man Jim Jor­dan (R‑OH) sent let­ters to Attor­ney Gen­er­al Mer­rick Gar­land and FBI Direc­tor Christo­pher Wray regard­ing gov­ern­ment pres­sure to crush free speech, accord­ing to an April 9 press release. Jor­dan also issued let­ters to the CEOs of Ama­zon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta (which owns Face­book, Insta­gram and What­sApp) and Alpha­bet (own­er of Google and YouTube). “The Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee is con­duct­ing over­sight of how and to what extent the Exec­u­tive Branch has coerced or col­lud­ed with com­pa­nies and oth­er inter­me­di­aries to cen­sor law­ful speech,” the House Judi­cia­ry wrote.
This comes as the House Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee is also sum­mon­ing three for­mer Biden White House offi­cials to tes­ti­fy on alleged gov­ern­ment efforts to cen­sor free speech. These offi­cials …