NBC News reports:
The top Republican on a key House subcommittee issued a subpoena Thursday to the Biden administration as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November’s elections.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation, is seeking communications between the administration and social media companies, like Facebook-owner Meta.
Conservatives have accused the White House of pressuring companies like Meta and Twitter to take down content that didn’t serve the administration politically. The Supreme Court this summer, however, threw out claims that the Biden administration had illegally pressed social media companies to moderate content.
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