U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
05/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/07/2024 08:25
Weaponization Committee Releases New Censorship Orders from Brazil Targeting Rumble
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report titled, "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad and the Biden Administration's Silence: The Case Of Brazil, Part II." The report reveals newly obtained documents that shed additional light on Brazil's censorship regime, including an April 2024 order to X as well as nine orders to Rumble or entities owned by Rumble.
The newly obtained documents tell a story similar to the one detailed in the Committee and Select Subcommittee's first reporton April 17, 2024. Brazilian authorities, particularly Alexandre de Moraes, a justice on the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil, and the President of the Superior Electoral Court in Brazil, have ordered social media companies to suspend or remove popular accounts on Rumble.
Though in a different form, secret government-directed censorship is not a problem limited to Brazil or other foreign governments; it is happening here in the United States. Like Brazil, the Biden Administration has attacked journalists, political opponents, and Americans across the political spectrum in an attempt to silence the Administration's many critics. These attacks on free speech abroad serve as a warning for America. The Committee and Select Subcommittee will continue to conduct oversight and develop legislative remedies to protect the First Amendment.
Read the full interim staff report andappendix here.
The newly obtained documents tell a story similar to the one detailed in the Committee and Select Subcommittee's first reporton April 17, 2024. Brazilian authorities, particularly Alexandre de Moraes, a justice on the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil, and the President of the Superior Electoral Court in Brazil, have ordered social media companies to suspend or remove popular accounts on Rumble.
Though in a different form, secret government-directed censorship is not a problem limited to Brazil or other foreign governments; it is happening here in the United States. Like Brazil, the Biden Administration has attacked journalists, political opponents, and Americans across the political spectrum in an attempt to silence the Administration's many critics. These attacks on free speech abroad serve as a warning for America. The Committee and Select Subcommittee will continue to conduct oversight and develop legislative remedies to protect the First Amendment.
Read the full interim staff report andappendix here.
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