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Today, President elect Donald Trump made a major announcement regarding new policies and proposed legislation to protect free speech and combat censorship in the United States. He began his announcement with the following words:
If we don’t have free speech, then we just don’t have a free country. It’s as simple as that, if this most fundamental right is allowed to perish, then the rest of our rights and liberties will topple just like dominoes, one by one, they’ll go down.
That’s why today, I’m announcing my plan to shatter the left wing censorship regime and to reclaim the right to free speech for all Americans, and we claim is a very important word in this case, because they’ve taken it away.
In recent weeks, bombshell reports have confirmed that a sinister group of deep state bureaucrats, Silicon Valley tyrants, left wing activists and depraved corporate news media have been conspiring to manipulate and silence the American people. They have collaborated to suppress vital information on everything from elections to public health. The censorship cartel must be dismantled and destroyed, and it must happen immediately.
Trump’s announcement included the following five action items:
- Sign an executive order banning federal agencies from colluding with organizations to censor speech.
- Order the Department of Justice to investigate all parties involved in the online censorship regime and prosecute any crimes identified.
- Ask Congress to send a bill to revise Section 230 to require online platforms to meet high standards of neutrality, transparency, fairness, and non-discrimination.
- Enact new laws laying out clear criminal penalties for federal bureaucrats who partner with private entities to deprive Americans of their constitutional rights.
- Pass a digital Bill of Rights that includes a right to digital due process and the right for users to opt out of content moderation and curation.
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