House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has issued subpoenas to major tech companies — including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Rumble, TikTok, and X Corp. — demanding records of their interactions with foreign governments over censorship requests. Jordan’s investigation aims to uncover how foreign regimes pressure American platforms to silence lawful speech in the U.S., and whether the Biden Administration has been complicit in advancing this foreign censorship agenda. As companies like X and Meta sound the alarm about rising global censorship demands, Republicans warn that the erosion of free speech abroad threatens American civil liberties at home. The subpoenas, according to Jordan, are essential to ensure companies can fully cooperate without fear of foreign retaliation.
Chairman Jordan Subpoenas Big Tech for Information on Foreign Censorship of American Speech
February 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent subpoenas to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Rumble, TikTok, and X Corp. seeking each company’s communications with foreign governments regarding its compliance with foreign censorship laws, regulations, judicial orders, or other government-initiated efforts.
American companies are sounding the alarm about how foreign censorship harms American civil liberties. X has pushed back against lawless judicial orders in Brazil and Australia mandating global content takedowns. Likewise, Meta recently emphasized the need to “push back on governments around the world, going after American companies and pushing to censor more,” something it acknowledged requires “the support of the U.S. government.”
The Committee must understand how and to what extent foreign governments have limited Americans’ access to lawful speech in the United States, as well as the extent to which the Biden-Harris Administration aided or abetted these efforts.
The subpoenas are necessary to allow companies to disclose documents to the Committee without interference by foreign governments.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Alphabet here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Amazon here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Apple here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Meta here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Microsoft here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to Rumble here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to TikTok here.
Read the subpoena cover letter to X Corp. here.
Sources: judiciary.house.gov , Midtown Tribune
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