{"id":1975818,"date":"2023-07-18T03:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-seek-transparency-on-metas-content-moderation-policy-on-threads\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T03:41:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:41:35","slug":"house-republicans-seek-transparency-on-metas-content-moderation-policy-on-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-seek-transparency-on-metas-content-moderation-policy-on-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans want Meta to be transparent about its content moderation policy on threads."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-seek-transparency-on-metas-content-moderation-policy-on-threads%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div\u200b class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/c9bc4798-e1d7-45f2-a11c-67128d07523d\/audio.mp3?length=4844781&#038;duration=404\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>House \u2062Republicans are \u200cdemanding answers \u2064from\u2064 Meta regarding potential violations\u2063 of free speech\u2062 on\u200d its new Twitter-style \u2063platform, \u200dThreads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/judiciary-committee-raises-questions-about-potential-censorship-threads\">The letter<\/a>,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-email-reportedly-names-kamala-harris-others-as-key-contacts-for-joint-venture-with-china-energy-co\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Email Reportedly Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for 'Joint Venture' With China Energy Co.\">exclusively obtained<\/a> \u2063by CNBC,\u200c suggests that\u2063 Meta&#8217;s latest \u200dproduct \u200bcould face\u2064 scrutiny \u200din Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim\u2062 Jordan\u2062 (R-OH), chairman \u200cof the House Judiciary\u2062 Committee, has \u200basked Meta CEO\u2063 Mark Zuckerberg to\u200c provide documents about\u200b Threads&#8217;\u2063 content \u200bmoderation practices \u200dby\u200c the\u200d end \u2063of July.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg\u200c launched Threads\u200d as an \u2063alternative \u200bto Twitter, which\u2063 has faced\u2063 criticism for censorship.\u2063 Elon\u200c Musk&#8217;s \u200drelease of internal \u200dfiles\u200d revealed \u200dcensorship\u200d of\u2064 Americans at \u2064the\u200c direction\u2063 of\u200b elements within \u2064the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan expressed\u200d concerns \u200dabout potential First Amendment violations\u200c on the Threads platform,\u2063 stating that it has \u2064been marketed \u200bas \u200da rival to\u200b Elon Musk&#8217;s\u2062 Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>House\u200c GOP Investigating \u200bBig \u2062Tech Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>This is \u200dthe \u200dlatest \u200dinvestigation \u2062by\u200b House Republicans \u2064into Meta \u200cand other \u2064tech platforms&#8217; alleged \u200bcollusion\u200b with the \u2064Biden\u2062 administration \u2064in censoring \u2064dissenting\u2063 voices, particularly\u2062 from conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 February, \u2063Jordan sent \u2063Meta\u200d a\u200d subpoena related \u2064to \u200cthe Judiciary \u200dCommittee&#8217;s\u200c ongoing investigation into the \u2064Democrats&#8217;\u200d influence on \u2064big tech\u200b content moderation.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman \u200chas\u2063 expanded \u2064the\u2063 inquiry to cover material\u200d related to \u200bThreads.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jordan wrote, \u2063&#8221;Since the \u2064Committee&#8217;s \u200csubpoena to\u2064 Meta,\u2064 we have obtained additional evidence\u2062 that the federal \u2062government\u200c has \u2063coerced \u2063or\u200d colluded \u200bwith technology, \u200dsocial media, and \u200dother companies to moderate \u200dcontent online.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the earlier\u200d subpoena applies to Threads despite its\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-state-tv-says-tehran-launches-rocket-into-space\/\" title=\"Iran State TV Says Tehran Launches Rocket into Space\">recent launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062recent letter serves\u2064 as a formal\u2062 notice to\u200d instruct\u2063 Meta \u2064to \u2063provide all \u2062relevant \u2064information\u2063 and documents\u200c related to \u200cThreads and \u2062content \u2063moderation discussions with\u2063 the \u2063Biden administration by July 31.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House\u200b Democrats \u200bhave criticized\u200d the Republican probes\u200d of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-seek-transparency-on-metas-content-moderation-policy-on-threads\/\" title=\"House Republicans want Meta to be transparent about its content moderation policy on threads.\">tech\u200c platforms&#8217;\u2063 content moderation practices<\/a>, arguing that \u2064private\u200c companies\u200b have the\u2064 right \u200cto \u2062ban\u2064 content on their \u2064platforms.<\/p>\n<h2>Republicans \u200dConcerned\u2064 About \u200dMeta&#8217;s\u2062 Motives<\/h2>\n<p>After purchasing\u2062 Twitter, \u2064Musk expressed\u200d his desire\u2062 for the platform to\u200c conform\u2062 to \u2062his \u200dideas \u200cof absolute \u2064freedom of \u2063speech, with\u200d some exceptions for\u200b inciting\u2063 violence \u200bor \u2062criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u2064 Meta\u2062 executives have stated that \u200bThreads \u2064should not be\u200d dominated by \u200dnews\u200b and\u2064 politics,\u200c many users\u2063 still \u200cdiscuss \u2063these \u200csubjects\u2064 on the\u200c platform.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2063 Meta \u200bstarts\u200c censoring users&#8217;\u200b political\u200d views on\u200c Threads, \u200bit could \u2062face political \u2063backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Rep.\u200c Jordan\u2064 wrote, \u2062&#8221;Despite launching\u2064 only\u2064 12 days ago,\u200d there are\u200d reports\u200d that \u200dThreads is\u200c already engaging\u200c in \u200bcensorship, \u2062including\u200c censoring\u200d users \u200bwithout offering\u200b grounds \u200bfor appeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed concerns<\/a> about Meta&#8217;s history \u200bof censoring\u2062 First \u2064Amendment-protected\u2064 speech\u200c at the\u200b request of \u2064government\u200c agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a response regarding potential violations of free speech on Threads, Meta&#8217;s new Twitter-style platform. The letter, exclusively obtained by CNBC, suggests that Meta may face increased congressional scrutiny due to its latest product. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Judiciary Committee chairman, requested a reply from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg by July 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":1975819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}