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04 Feb 2026, 20:39 GMT+10
The House Judiciary Committee wants Brussels to answer for what it claims is a crackdown on free speech
The US House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on "Europe's threat to American speech and innovation." The panel is looking into what it calls a global censorship regime imposed by the EU under the guise of fighting "disinformation."
The hearing is taking place one day after the committee published a lengthy report detailing European Commission pressure on tech companies - first with 'voluntary' agreements and then with laws such as the Digital Services Act - into demoting and removing legal but "borderline" speech. Content that went against Brussels' position on Covid-19 and the Ukraine conflict was targeted, as was "anti-migrant," "populist," and "anti-elite" messaging.
By forcing platforms to censor this content for all users, the EU directly restricted the free speech rights of Americans, Republicans on the committee argue. The committee has also singled out the UK's Online Safety Act as unfairly impacting Americans.
Witnesses at the hearing include Irish comedian Graham Linehan, who was arrested by British police last year for anti-transgender posts on X, and Irish lawyer Lorcan Price of Alliance Defending Freedom International, a Christian legal advocacy group.
(RT.com)
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