volafries schreef op 29 juli 2025 21:37:
seekingalpha.com/news/4473606-us-hous...U.S. House asks Spotify to provide documents from various govts. that ordered censorship
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) requesting documentation about potential EU and other government pressure, including from the U.S., that led to content getting censored on the music and podcast platform in the U.S.
In a letter sent to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, which was obtained by Seeking Alpha, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said that the committee is conducting oversight of how and to what extent foreign laws, regulations, and judicial orders have made companies censor speech in the U.S.
"This impulse to censor speech, however, is not confined to foreign governments. The committee’s prior investigative efforts showed that the Biden-Harris Administration repeatedly pressured Big Tech to censor Americans’ protected speech," the letter said.
The letter comes after the committee's previous investigation found that the Biden-Harris administration pressured online platforms like Meta (META) to censor certain content on COVID-19.
The committee letter noted that the Biden-Harris administration even asked Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) to do more to censor content after popular podcaster Joe Rogan raised questions about the previous government’s COVID-19 policies.
The letter also pointed out that governments in the UK, EU, and Brazil have all taken increasingly aggressive actions to suppress "disfavored views on social media by regulating content."
“We’ve received the letter and will respond accordingly,” a spokesperson for Spotify told Seeking Alpha.
The committee has ordered Spotify to produce all relevant documents from foreign governments, as well as individuals linked to the U.S. government, and hand them over by Aug. 12.
De usa is nog het enige lichtpunt in deze wereld, waar free speech steeds meer onder druk staat.