"Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of a handful of Republicans to speak out against the "mafioso"-like comments Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr issued ahead of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension last month. Now, he's hoping the liberal outrage over government censorship will fuel bipartisan support for a new bill letting Americans sue over speech violations. Cruz plans to introduce the bill in the coming weeks, he told The Wall Street Journal in an interview."
"The bill would introduce new procedures for cases where people believe they've been censored by the government, making it easier for them to sue for monetary damages. It would include exceptions for government investigations, and carve out unprotected speech like nonconsensual intimate imagery. Cruz plans to host a series of hearings focused on government censorship that will include Carr, he told the Journal."
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz criticized Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr's "mafioso"-like comments made ahead of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. Cruz plans to introduce a bill in coming weeks that would create new procedures allowing people who believe they were censored by the government to sue for monetary damages. The proposal would include exceptions for government investigations and carve out unprotected speech such as nonconsensual intimate imagery. Cruz intends to hold hearings on government censorship that will include Carr. The effort seeks bipartisan support by leveraging liberal concerns about government suppression of speech.
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