Forces behind the 2020 censorship regime in US
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Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas has called on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to clarify its stance on political censorship practices that came to light during the 2020 election. In a letter sent on Tuesday, Marshall, along with Republican Senators Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, urged CISA Director Jen Easterly to reassess the agency’s previous handling of Americans’ speech to prevent future conflicts with the First Amendment.
The senators’ letter, obtained first by reporters with the Daily Caller, highlights concerns that CISA collaborated with the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to pressure social media platforms into censoring political discourse. Marshall criticized these actions, stating, “CISA has previously been caught pressuring social media and internet platforms to censor content, blatantly violating the First Amendment. Any effort by the Harris-Biden administration to silence facts and opinions about their failed agenda is not only an abuse of power—it’s illegal.”
As the 2024 presidential campaign approaches, Marshall emphasized the need to safeguard free speech, asserting that there should be no government attempts to suppress online platforms’ content.
CISA’s role during the 2020 election involved flagging “disinformation” through a process known as “switchboarding,” as detailed in a June 2023 report from the House Judiciary Committee.
The agency also set up “portals” to report misinformation, which critics argue circumvented the First Amendment protections against government-induced censorship. Further complicating matters, emails released by the committee revealed communications among CISA officials that directed the censorship of specific content.
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The fact is that most of the political censorship has been aimed at Trump and his supporters. I believe it is clearly an attack on the First Amendment rights of conservatives. The biggest blow to the censorship regime has been Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, now X. Musk has brought free speech to the internet and the liberals are unhappy about it.
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What the left calls "misinformation" is usually opinions they disagree with. It is a way of stifling debate and is clearly inconsistent with the 1st Amendment.
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