Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, demanding to know why the administration is coordinating with big tech companies to censor Americans’ free speech regarding the coronavirus.
Blackburn wrote the missive about the Biden administration’s latest scheme to flag content on Facebook it considers to be coronavirus “disinformation.” Blackburn also noted Americans banned on one social media platform should also be banned on similar big tech platforms.
The Tennessee conservative said the Biden administration’s actions “mirror” the worst aspects of authoritarian countries such as Cuba:
These revelations are deeply concerning. The blatant actions by your administration to work with big tech companies to censor Americans’ free speech are shocking – and arguably a violation of the First Amendment. Communist countries such as Cuba are currently taking away their citizens’ right to use the internet to communicate; the U.S. government should be standing up to, not looking to mirror, authoritarian regimes such as these.
