Hageman’s Offers Bill To Sue Government Over Free Speach

Web search engines such as Google and social media outlets like Facebook, YouTube, and many others have admitted that they were pressured by the Biden administration to censor opinions on the topics of COVID and political issues, along party lines.

Some social media accounts were shadow-banned or even shut down.

This is not just a First Amendment issue; some of these accounts were making money for their content producers.

So who will be sued over this? Do those content providers sue the government or those online media outlets?

Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., said Wednesday that she is introducing legislation that would allow Americans to file a lawsuit against employees of the federal government for violating their First Amendment rights.

"I have introduced the First Amendment Accountability Act," Hageman said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show.

That part of the discussion comes in at about 8:30 minutes into the video below.

The legislation would allow federal employees who violate citizens' freedom of religion, press, assembly, or speech to be held personally liable for damages, an injunction or attorneys' fees.

The bill, titled H.R. 162, reads.

"A Federal employee who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of the United States, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or any person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the First Amendment, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress,"