ALEC: “the GRANITE Act recognizes a growing challenge in the digital age: foreign governments can influence what Americans see and say online.”

ALEC published an article today about its newly-adopted GRANITE Act foreign censorship shield model policy for state legislatures.

“…the GRANITE Act recognizes a growing challenge in the digital age: foreign governments can influence what Americans see and say online by pressuring global technology companies to adopt restrictive content moderation policies. Because many major platforms operate under unified global standards, speech restrictions imposed abroad can have consequences beyond their borders, potentially affecting content and expression protected under the First Amendment in the United States.”

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