Rep. Hageman Introduces Bill to Hold Federal Employees Accountable for AI Censorship
Rep. Hageman Introduces Bill to Hold Federal Employees Accountable for AI Censorship
Publish Date: 2026-06-11 15:52:00
Source Domain: hageman.house.gov
- Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced the Preventing AI Censorship Act to protect First Amendment rights against AI-driven federal censorship.
- The act aims to provide Americans with legal recourse against federal employees who allegedly use AI to suppress or distort content based on viewpoints or ideologies.
- It extends Hagman’s First Amendment Accountability Act to target the rising influence of AI in information dissemination, which poses new censorship threats.
- The legislation responds to findings that the Biden-Harris administration has colluded with social media companies to suppress free speech and is funding AI censorship tools.
- The Preventing AI Censorship Act embodies policy priorities from the Trump administration’s National Policy Framework for AI and President Trump’s Executive Order on preventing “woke” AI in the federal government.
- The bill creates a private right of action, allowing citizens to sue federal employees directly in federal court for violating their First Amendment rights through AI censorship.
- It prohibits federal employees from coercing AI providers to manipulate outputs, modify training data, deny access, or collect information based on users’ viewpoints or ideologies.
- The act aims to safeguard free expression by holding government officials accountable for misuse of AI technology to suppress lawful discourse.
