House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to turn over documents related to the company's new social media platform Threads as part of the panel's investigation into content moderation by major tech companies.
Jordan wrote a letter to Zuckerberg on Monday noting that the panel's "February 15 subpoena to Meta requires, among other things, the production of material concerning Meta's engagement with the Executive Branch and Meta's decisions and policies regarding content moderation."
He added that "documents and information related to Threads, a social media platform as described and marketed by Meta, are within the scope of the subpoena. Thus, to aid the Committee's oversight obligations, we ask that you please produce all documents and information related to Threads that are responsive to the terms of the Committee's subpoena."
Jordan wrote: "Threads raises serious, specific concerns because it has been marketed as rival of Elon Musk's Twitter, which has faced political persecution from the Biden Administration following Musk's commitment to free speech."
The congressman noted that the attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration arguing that it suppressed speech by asking social media platforms to remove posts containing misinformation about COVID-19 or elections.
He went on to say: "In contrast, there are reports that Threads will enforce 'Instagram's community guidelines,' which resulted in lawful speech being moderated following pressure by the government. Despite launching only 12 days ago, there are reports that Threads is already engaging in censorship, including censoring users but offering no grounds for appeal."
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