BREAKING: U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt just filed a bill that will allow citizens to seek penalties against government employees who work with Big Tech to censor speech.

He has also filed a bill to amend Section 230 to protect the First Amendment.

This has to get passed before the midterms & 2028 election. I don't want to see platforms censoring & suppressing Republican candidates while preferencing Dems in their algorithm. Thank you, Senator @Eric_Schmitt, for spearheading this.

Ending government-backed censorship is one aspect, but ending ALL viewpoint discrimination on tech platforms is crucial. These platforms are essentially modern monopolies that are vital to our way of life. How would you keep up with family members across the country if not for Meta's apps? How would you efficiently consume content if not for YouTube's search? How would a local business owner thrive if they aren't allowed to advertise on Google, Facebook, etc, because of who they voted for?

We don't NEED these platforms to survive. Still, one could also argue that we don't need to regulate airlines as common carriers because someone could always walk to the other side of the country instead of catching a flight, but common sense says planes are a public necessity. We regulate internet ISPs as common carriers not because people would die without them but because our modern way of life would cease to exist without access to the internet. Look how much damage has been done to society without the free exchange of ideas. We are fighting culture wars that would've never escalated to being wars if half the country wasn't silenced from giving their opinions.

This is like the Civil Rights issue of our lifetime, except it's not discrimination on race but viewpoint. It all has to stop.