Sen. TedCruz told Breitbart News that the delay of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was a “huge victory for free speech” and an indictment of how much Democrats “love censorship.”
Sen. Ted Cruz told Breitbart News on Thursday the delay of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act was a “huge victory for free speech” and an indictment of how much Democrats “love censorship.”
“What happened today was a huge victory for the First Amendment and free speech. Sadly, it is also a case study in how much the Democrats love censorship,” Cruz said in his exclusive statement to Breitbart News. “They would rather pull their bill entirely than advance it with my proposed protections for Americans from unfair online censorship.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee was slated to vote on the JCPA, a bill that would create an antitrust exemption for the establishment media industry to negotiate with big tech platforms.for the bill, such as News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern and Rep. Jerry Nadler , have noted move bill would be used to suppress “misinformation.”
As the Senate Judiciary Committee considered amendments to the bill, Cruz offered one to ensure that when big tech platforms and media cartels negotiate, they cannot consider content moderation practices.LIMITATION REGARDING CONTENT MODERATION POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES.
Cruz’s amendment led to confusion between two chief advocates of the bill, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and John Kennedy , as Kennedy wanted to support the amendment.She said, “Senator Kennedy, we’ve worked on this for months, we won’t be able to support the Cruz amendment here.”to get his amendment in the bill, as Sen. Jon Ossoff , who was not at the hearing, did not designate a proxy, and could not block the Cruz amendment.She said, “The agreement that we had has been blown up.
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