Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is working with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to combat censorship from social media platforms. They have created an easy way for you to formally file a complaint if you have experienced censorship, you can find the information on that below.
This is what Steve Marshall had to say about the issue.
“Big Tech is not the Ministry of Truth. It should concern us all when platforms that hold such tremendous power and influence over information wield that power in contradiction of—and with undisguised disdain for—the foundational American principles of free speech and freedom of the press,” said Attorney General Marshall. “The censorship campaign currently being waged by giant corporate oligarchs like Facebook and Twitter is, in a word, un-American.”
“I encourage anyone and everyone who has been censored on social media to file a formal complaint with my office,” Attorney General Marshall continued. “The process is simple and straightforward—and will provide us with important information to fight the growing menace of censorship by the great malefactors of tech.”
“From political speech to healthcare research to economic activity, Big Tech has censored content to fit their ideological bents—violating users’ rights to silence opposition. Social media platforms have altered and deleted content, blocked and restricted access, removed and banned accounts, and more,” said Attorney General Landry. “I encourage all who have been impacted to file a complaint, and I hope this initiative will expose just how far-reaching the suppression has been.”
Here is the info from the Attorney Generals’ office on who should file a complaint.
This form allows you to submit a complaint to the Alabama Attorney General’s Office regarding actions of suppression, censorship, or deplatforming taken by a social-media platform involving an account owned or managed by you. Such actions include—but are not limited to—the following:
- blocking, restricting, suspending, terminating, removing, or banning your account;
- rejecting content posted or shared on your account;
- attaching an editorial message to content posted or shared on your account;
- obscuring, hiding, or otherwise making less accessible content posted or shared on your account; or
- altering or deleting content posted or shared on your account.
To fill out a formal complaint with the Alabama Attorney Generals’ Office click here.