Cruz Investigation Reveals How the Biden Administration Weaponized CISA to Police Speech

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released an investigative report revealing how the Biden administration transformed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) into an agent of censorship pressuring Big Tech to police speech.

The report outlines how CISA overstepped its authority and violated the First Amendment by developing internal systems to monitor and flag online speech that was not politically aligned with the previous administration. CISA faced little pushback from the tech industry or the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, enabling the agency to avoid accountability.

Discussing the report, Sen. Cruz said:

"Our report shows that the Biden administration used CISA to strong arm social media companies into taking action against speech protected by the First Amendment. For the past decade, I've led the fight against government censorship, whether it's CISA or the FCC or the Biden White House. Inevitably, these tactics have been and will be disproportionately used to silence conservatives. Given renewed Democrat interest in the First Amendment, I'm slightly more optimistic that Congress can pass legislation to stop government from using this left-wing playbook to jawbone private companies to censure speech, especially in the age of artificial intelligence."

In the report, Sen. Cruz warns that while CISA's censorship efforts focused on social media, similar threats loom with the rise of AI. As Congress drafts new AI legislation, Sen. Cruz urges lawmakers to consider CISA's unchecked censorship as a cautionary tale.

Read the full report HERE.

###