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'Deliberate abuse of power': Republicans erupt after bombshell Zuckerberg letter on COVID-19 censorship

'Deliberate abuse of power': Republicans erupt after bombshell Zuckerberg letter on COVID-19 censorship

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 09:12:45 PM UTC

House Republicans are affirming their belief that the Biden administration acted to censor free speech online after a bombshell letter from Mark Zuckerberg.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 Republican leader, said on the site, "Mark Zuckerberg's letter to [the House Judiciary Committee] leaves no room for doubt: this was an intentional assault on our First Amendment rights. This abuse of power must end now." Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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Zuckerberg wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, earlier this week that he wished he and his company had been more outspoken about government censorship concerns in 2021.

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