New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech
Hacker News (AI keywords)·7 hours ago·Regulation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation covers a new legislative bill designed to limit government officials' ability to pressure online platforms into removing or restricting otherwise lawful speech. The bill targets informal coercive tactics — often called 'jawboning' — where officials push platforms to moderate content outside of formal legal channels. EFF frames this as a meaningful safeguard for free expression, with implications for platform operators, developers, and users broadly.
