On behalf of Reason Foundation, we respectfully submit these comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) request for comment in the proceeding, Technology Platform Censorship, published February 20th, 2025.
Reason Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) public policy research and education organization with expertise across a range of policy areas, including technology and communications policy.
Our comments argue that government interference in online speech is a bigger concern than technology platform censorship alone, as illustrated by censoring policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Hunter Biden laptop controversy, and this has important implications for how Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is enforced.
Full comment: Comments to the Federal Trade Commisssion on digital censorship