Free Speech Protection Act
Bars federal employees and contractors from directing online platforms to censor speech protected by the First Amendment.
- Liberty position
- Sign on
- Introduced
- January 22, 2025
- Why signing on is the liberty side
- The Senate has had no vote on government pressure on platforms, so cosponsorship is the best signal.
Counted under the principle Free speech and a free mind.
The count
4 current members of Congress signed on, as sponsor or cosponsor. Members who have left Congress are not listed.
- Signed on, the liberty side
- 4
- 4 Republicans
- Did not sign
- Not counted
Signed on
4 current members put their name on this bill. Signing on is the liberty side.
Mike LeeR · Utah · SenateB
Cynthia M. LummisR · Wyoming · SenateA-
Rand PaulR · Kentucky · Senate · SponsorF
Eric SchmittR · Missouri · SenateA-
Did not sign
Not signing is not counted against anyone, so the members who did not sign are not listed.
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Free Speech Protection Act
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