House panel moves toward vote on holding Zuckerberg in contempt over censorship investigation
Christopher Hutton
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The GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on holding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt over a lack of cooperation with an investigation into Big Tech censorship.
The committee announced it would vote on the motion on Thursday. The committee said the company has not cooperated with Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) requests for information on the website’s content moderation practices. Jordan has been leading several investigations into Meta as part of his role as the leader of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
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“Meta has critical information that it has not turned over to the committee regarding federal government efforts to censor speech online and how Meta responded to those efforts,” Jordan’s spokesman Russell Dye told Punchbowl News on Monday. “It is imperative the committee get these materials, and we will take whatever actions necessary to facilitate that end.”
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Jordan has had his attention turned on Meta for several months. He subpoenaed Meta in mid-February alongside other companies about content moderation policies. He also sent a letter to Zuckerberg last week asking questions about Meta’s latest product, Threads.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing last week featuring 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on online censorship.