Senator Eric Schmitt introduces the Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act to address government collusion with Big Tech and online censorship.

A new legislative effort has been launched in the US Senate in order to prevent any future instances of government Tech collusion from flying under the legislators' radar.

The Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act, introduced by Republican Senator Eric Schmitt, would have inspectors general (IGs) inform Congress in detail about any communication, and circumstances of that communication, between the agencies these watchdogs are in charge of, and companies benefiting from Section 230 protections.

Judging by a press statement by Schmitt, the concern is that, even with the government accused of such collusion now on its way out, what he refers to as "the deep state" might still continue to "work" with Big Tech.

"The incoming Republican Congress cannot allow deep-state bureaucrats to continue censoring the free speech of our constituents any longer (…) We will find the bureaucratic rot and we will rip it out," Schmitt stated.

At the same time, the senator urged that "the full extent" of the censorship carried out during the previous administration must continue to be exposed.

Schmitt was behind the 2022 Missouri v. Biden lawsuit, filed in his then capacity as the state's attorney general, which eventually reached the Supreme Court as Murthy v. Missouri. This case concerned allegations of unconstitutional government collusion with tech companies with the goal of censoring Americans.

Now, Schmitt's proposed bill also requires that inspectors general - there are currently 74 of those - provide "a comprehensive reporting of all communications on content moderation, user content, and communications related to these (Section 230 protected) companies' algorithms."

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