{"id":230278,"date":"2026-06-11T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/rep-hageman-introduces-bill-to-hold-federal-employees-accountable-for-ai-censorship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:55:16","slug":"rep-hageman-introduces-bill-to-hold-federal-employees-accountable-for-ai-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/rep-hageman-introduces-bill-to-hold-federal-employees-accountable-for-ai-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Hageman Introduces Bill to Hold Federal Employees Accountable for AI Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hageman.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-hageman-introduces-bill-hold-federal-employees-accountable-ai-censorship\">Rep. Hageman Introduces Bill to Hold Federal Employees Accountable for AI Censorship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hageman.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-hageman-introduces-bill-hold-federal-employees-accountable-ai-censorship\">https:\/\/hageman.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-hageman-introduces-bill-hold-federal-employees-accountable-ai-censorship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-11 15:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"hageman.house.gov\">hageman.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced the Preventing AI Censorship Act to protect First Amendment rights against AI-driven federal censorship.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>It extends Hagman&#8217;s First Amendment Accountability Act to target the rising influence of AI in information dissemination, which poses new censorship threats.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>The Preventing AI Censorship Act embodies policy priorities from the Trump administration&#8217;s National Policy Framework for AI and President Trump&#8217;s Executive Order on preventing &#8220;woke&#8221; AI in the federal government.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>It prohibits federal employees from coercing AI providers to manipulate outputs, modify training data, deny access, or collect information based on users\u2019 viewpoints or ideologies.<\/li>\n<li>The act aims to safeguard free expression by holding government officials accountable for misuse of AI technology to suppress lawful discourse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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