New bill would force White House to disclose Facebook censorship requests

WASHINGTON — A new bill would force the White House to disclose its requests for Facebook and other social media companies to censor content it considers “misinformation.”

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday introduced the Disclose Government Censorship Act to reveal the extent of censorship requests.

“The recent collusion that has come to light between the Biden Administration and Big Tech is not only disturbing, but inconsistent with the government’s constitutional role in American life,” Hagerty said in a statement.

The freshman senator unveiled his bill on Fox News, saying that recent White House remarks indicated that the social network had become “an extension of the federal government.”