Jawboning against Speech

3/21/24
 
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from CATO Institute,
9/12/22:

How Government Bullying Shapes the Rules of Social Media.

Government officials use informal pressure — bullying, threatening, and cajoling — to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech. The use of this informal pressure, known as jawboning, is growing.

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