“Time and time again, the Biden Administration and Big Tech have shown they cannot police themselves in protecting Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech,” says Sen. Johnson.
"The implications are impossible to ignore: Beijing hid the truth," Rubio asserted. "This report reinforces the need to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable.”
Since the center's release, fears have emerged that the group will merely serve as a censorship organization against political discourse that runs contrary to the government's interests.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Health Freedom Louisiana co-director Jill Hines and The Gateway Pundit news site founder Jim Hoft, reads, "This case challenges probably the largest mass-surveillance and mass-censorship program in American history."
The Chinese report also claims that the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and cybersecurity firm 360 have discovered Trojan horse programs or plug-ins related to the CIA in recent cyberattacks targeting China.
"The Twitter Files and other public reporting have exposed how the federal government has pressured and colluded with Big Tech and other intermediaries to censor certain viewpoints on social and other media in ways that undermine First Amendment principles," Jordan's subpoena states.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk appeared on “Real Time With Bill Maher” for an interview on Friday, discussing his acquisition of Twitter, free speech, censorship and what he referred to as the “woke mind virus.”
