What if America were under an attack like 9/11? Or if a foreign enemy were to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile toward our shores? Would you want to give unelected central planners in Silic... View MoreWhat if America were under an attack like 9/11? Or if a foreign enemy were to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile toward our shores? Would you want to give unelected central planners in Silicon Valley the almighty power to decide whether our commander in chief would be permitted to alert the American people on their networks?
This is one of the many reasons censorship is no trivial matter.
The ongoing failure of Congress to contain Big Tech censorship not only violates our rights to free speech and a free press; it also puts the American people in harm's way.
How is this allowed in the Land of the Free, the strongest nation on Earth?
As a matter of national security, Congress must pass a law that forbids any American company from censoring the president, any elected official or any head of a government agency.
Until then, its high time Congress took meaningful action to address Silicon Valley's out-of-control suppression of speech, which is getting worse by the day.