House Republicans plan to summon former Twitter executives following revelations from internal company documents that the social media platform was regularly “shadow banning” and secretly blacklisting conservative accounts.
Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican who will become chair of the House Judiciary Committee, plans to call those involved in the scheme, which was revealed by new Twitter owner Elon Musk, to testify before his panel, aides told the Washington Times.
Republicans also have a list of bills on deck that would address social media censorship, including legislation that would remove liability protections for companies who censor constitutionally protected speech on their platforms and require an appeals process as well as transparency for content enforcement decisions.