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Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post \u2014 regardless of whether the platform actually does it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the JAWBONE Act<\/a> on Thursday, which, in addition to letting individuals sue for these kinds of damages, would create new transparency requirements for government communications with social media, AI, and broadcast companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That could empower someone like Jimmy Kimmel to sue Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, who threatened TV stations\u2019 broadcast licenses after the comedian made a joke Carr disliked in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing. (Carr has denied<\/a> the comments were threats.) It could also empower lesser-known social media users whose posts about medical misinformation or criticism of Kirk were removed or targeted, if they believe it was due to government coercion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cruz first teased the bill<\/a> in the aftermath of Carr\u2019s comments about Kimmel, which the senator characterized as \u201cright out of Goodfellas.\u201d But he\u2019s said he\u2019s worked on the bill since before that incident, and has repeatedly criticized Biden administration officials\u2019 messages to social media companies about medical misinformation during the pandemic, which became the subject of a Supreme Court case<\/a>. (The Supreme Court determined plaintiffs had no grounds to bring the lawsuit, and its ruling found a lack of clear evidence that platforms were moderating based on government coercion.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The bipartisan sponsorship and a pool of supporters that includes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, could lend credence to the bill. Cruz and Wyden\u2019s statements each point fingers at the opposite party\u2019s administration for allegedly engaging in the actions they seek to crack down on. \u201cThe Biden administration weaponized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to pressure Big Tech into \u2018canceling\u2019 Americans who spoke out against vaccine mandates and election fraud,\u201d Cruz charged. \u201cThe most blatant example is Trump threatening cable companies because he doesn\u2019t like their late-night shows, but jawboning isn\u2019t partisan, and it isn\u2019t new,\u201d Wyden said. If passed, the bill could make such incidents the subject of costly legal battles, on top of bitter political fights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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