US Republican lawmakers released a report on Tuesday, 3 February, alleging the European Commission pressured social media platforms to censor political speech. The House Judiciary Committee claims officials held over 100 closed-door meetings since 2020. The report says the commission worked to censor true information about important policy debates globally.
A new report by US Republican lawmakers alleges the European Commission has orchestrated a "decade-long campaign" to censor political speech globally, including on American soil. The accusations, detailed in a 160-page interim staff report released Tuesday (3 February) by the House Judiciary Committee, claim that commission officials held over 100 "closed-door meetings" with social media platforms since 2020 "where regulators had the opportunity to pressure platforms to censor content more aggressively." "Though often framed as combating so-called 'hate speech' or 'disinformation,' the commission worked to censor true information and political speech about some of the most important policy debates in recent history -- including the Covid-19 pandemic, mass migration, and transgender issues," the report states.