[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 984

 Condemning Twitter's partisan censorship of President Donald J. Trump.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2020

 Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. 
 Banks) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning Twitter's partisan censorship of President Donald J. Trump.

Whereas the United States is founded upon the free exchange of ideas and the 
        ability of all Americans to speak freely;
Whereas there have been instances of apparent leftwing bias in Twitter and other 
        California technology companies;
Whereas there has been a demonstrated effort by Twitter to obstruct and 
        interfere with President Trump's ability to get his message through to 
        the American people;
Whereas Twitter has followed the lead of some in the biased news media and 
        deemed themselves ``fact checkers'' as a smokescreen to lend its 
        political tactics some false credibility;
Whereas Twitter had previously agreed to provide a public social media platform 
        free of censorship, but has not upheld its commitment;
Whereas a Twitter staffer deactivated the Twitter account of the President of 
        the United States in 2017 without a legitimate reason;
Whereas a politically motivated Twitter staffer erroneously claimed that tweets 
        from the President of the United States on May 27, 2020, contained 
        ``misleading'' information;
Whereas Twitter has improperly applied its new ``civic integrity policy'', which 
        protects the free speech of its users;
Whereas Twitter's new civic integrity policy standard has not been applied 
        consistently across the Twitter platform;
Whereas Twitter has continued its historic lack of transparency in its 
        implementation of the civic integrity policy;
Whereas the leader of Facebook, another large social media platform, publicly 
        noted that privately owned social media platforms should not act as 
        ``arbiter[s] of truth'';
Whereas, unimpeded by censorship, the President's political challengers continue 
        to use Twitter to promote their political platform and encourage voter 
        participation while Twitter singles out the President's account;
Whereas the President has more than 80 million Twitter followers; and
Whereas the President uses his Twitter account to communicate with the American 
        public and bypass the often biased and discriminating reporting of the 
        many in the news media: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) unequivocally condemns Twitter's biased and unwarranted 
        censorship of the President of the United States, Donald J. 
        Trump;
            (2) strongly disapproves of Twitter's partisan and 
        politically motivated content moderation; and
            (3) demands that Twitter end its discriminatory practices 
        and consistently protect the First Amendment rights of all 
        Americans, including the President of the United States.
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