BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Alabama
Attorney General Steve Marshall today launched an initiative aimed at
addressing censorship on social media platforms. As part of the initiative, the
official websites of each attorney general now provides a “Social Media
Censorship Complaint Form” for the public to report abuses by Big Tech.
Attorney General Landry and Attorney General Marshall
are encouraging citizens in their states who have been censored online to file
formal complaints. The information provided in these complaints will be kept
confidential, in accordance with each state’s laws, and will be actively
reviewed and thoroughly analyzed to determine whether the reported conduct by
social media companies constitutes a violation of federal or state law.
“From political speech to healthcare research to
economic activity, Big Tech has censored content to fit their ideological bents
– violating users’ rights to silence opposition. Social media platforms have
altered and deleted content, blocked and restricted access, removed and banned
accounts, and more,” said Attorney General Landry. “I encourage all who have
been impacted to file a complaint, and I hope this initiative will expose just
how far-reaching the suppression has been."
“Big Tech is not the Ministry of Truth. It should
concern us all when platforms that hold such tremendous power and influence
over information wield that power in contradiction of—and with undisguised
disdain for—the foundational American principles of free speech and freedom of
the press,” said Attorney General Marshall. “The censorship campaign currently
being waged by giant corporate oligarchs like Facebook and Twitter is, in a
word, un-American."
“I encourage anyone and everyone who has been censored on social media
to file a formal complaint with my office,” continued Attorney General Marshall. “The process is simple and straightforward—and will provide us with
important information to fight the growing menace of censorship by the great
malefactors of tech."
Louisiana complaints can be filed at www.agjefflandry.com/survey/socialmedia.
