Make Government Jawboning of Social Media Platforms Public: Cato
Government officials shouldn't secretly pressure private social media companies to silence speech, and greater transparency would help prevent such activity, Cato Institute Fellow David Inserra wrote Friday. He said Congress or the White House should require all government officials to…
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record any oral or written request or suggestion to private actors to remove speech or deny services due to speech. OMB could collect those reports and make them publicly available, he said. That approach wouldn't punish government actors for communicating with or advising companies about potentially dangerous or false information, but it would limit unconstitutional censorship attempts, Inserra wrote.