Bipartisan JAWBONE Act targets government coercion of private speech platforms
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J.D. Tuccille
Summary
The article discusses the JAWBONE Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden aimed at curbing "jawboning"—government coercion of private companies to censor or restrict speech. The bill would require government agencies to report communications with private entities and allow lawsuits against officials who engage in such bullying. The piece argues that government overreach blurs the line between legitimate conversation and coercive arm-twisting, and that the best remedy is limiting government power.
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· 3 pulledWhen the state is so big and intrusive that people need its permission to do everything from building a house to merging businesses, it's easy for the lines to blur between conversations in which government officials merely voice preferences and those in which they twist arms to get their way.
The best way to handle jawboning is to strip government of power so it has little coercive leverage.
Government bullying of private parties to do what officials won't or can't do themselves—as nothing more than casual chats.
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