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BREAKING: @SenMikeLee HAS INTRODUCED THE GRANITE ACT FOREIGN CENSORSHIP SHIELD BILL IN THE U.S. SENATE!
congress.gov/bill/119th-cong…
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Small website owners are getting bullied by foreign countries' censorship mandates, don't have access to lawyers who know this area well, and don't know how to handle it.
This is why America needs a censorship shield law like the GRANITE Act.
Replying to @LivvyPersonals
This leaves small websites with a choice of either not servicing an entire state or region, or to shut down entirely due to fear of fines of not complying with age verification laws.
This leaves the internet reserved for big tech companies who own or can afford the service.
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BREAKING: The U.S. counteroffensive against foreign censorship is escalating.
The New Hampshire GRANITE Act was filed today by @cantbesilentcal.
This comes days after a federal GRANITE Act was introduced by @repmichaelrulli
xitter.cf/cantbesilentcal/status…
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The First Amendment already gives Americans strong protection against foreign censorship orders being enforced. GRANITE goes further by dealing with the threat itself.
A foreign regulator shouldn’t be able to email an American company, threaten fines or prison over protected speech, and then hide behind sovereign immunity if the American fights back.
Under GRANITE, the American target can go to federal court and get that demand declared unenforceable.
Federal GRANITE Act Targets Foreign Censorship Orders in US
reclaimthenet.org/granite-ac…
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🚨 BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit hands NetChoice a win against Tennessee's Digital ID law. The court vacates a lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction and sends the case back, ruling that the mere threat of enforcement can chill free speech. netchoice.org/netchoice-wins…
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AMERICA STRIKES BACK AGAINST FOREIGN CENSORS.
Y'day @RepMichaelRulli introduced the GRANITE Act, the first federal foreign censorship shield bill in American history. Full bill text + my analysis:
prestonbyrne.com/rulligranit…
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Replying to @ValourApp
Valour has been criticized by those saying "if the law forces you to, you will comply".
I want to be clear as the founder: I would rather cut off every state and country violating the rights of users than collect a single piece of personal information unnecessary to operate.
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I'll be on a webinar hosted by @ITIFdc on Wednesday talking about the GRANITE Act as a proposed response to foreign regulation of online speech.
itif.org/events/2026/07/08/h…
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Federal GRANITE Act wen?
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Google has exactly one data center in the UK.
All it has to do is threaten to close it and pull out its personnel. That is the answer to foreign censorship, it is the only answer, and the longer Big Tech ignores the option the more cancerous foreign regulation will become.
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I add. It would be a lot easier for the American big boys to refuse these demands and respond to foreign censorship laws with hamsters, if we had a shield law on the books in America, like a federal GRANITE Act, that protected our champions from foreign regulators.
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I’m all for child safety. I’m also all for parenting, supervising, and protecting kids – to include the two minors of my own. This bill – HR 7757 - under the guise of “kids’ safety,” is just more government creating a vehicle for mass surveillance – ultimately leading to a digital surveillance state that leads to suppression of privacy, free speech, and punitive action against dissenting views - all under the guise of child safety. This is the first phase. Pretty soon, everything you do will be tracked – and judged – by the government. All I hear about right now are complaints and concerns on this issue; my constituents are all for safety and protection; what they don’t support are large scale ID databases, Central Bank Digital Currency, data centers, warrantless surveillance, camera surveillance, kill switches in cars, etc. There’s too much government in our lives and too many breaches into our privacy.
BTW – check out the “UK Online Safety Act,” passed a year ago this month in Great Britain, aimed at “keeping children from accessing adult content.” Well, surprise: the UK’s now using it for “age verification requirements” for adults (who must upload their ID / do a facial scan) to use any social media. Worse yet, now the UK is cracking down on any dissenting views; in this case, IT apparently doesn’t like citizens’ criticism about Islamic migration overwhelming the country. Yes, they imprison people for political dissent there…
Our government ultimately will be able to attack dissenters and quash dissent. Goodbye, First Amendment.
I was a “NO” vote on this last night.
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The KIDS Act is an open front-door to Big Tech and the Intelligence Community to further expand the global surveillance initiative. If the KIDS Act passes the Senate as it has the House, it is further proof the people are not the ones being represented in our government.
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Hey @Cloudflare, you have charged me over $700 for a feature you are advertising as free in your docs, and your usage page shows me at $0 usage.
Your support has failed to give me answers for over a month.
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“Parents should raise their children, not apps”
*releases app*
It is for parents to raise their children. Not platforms.
The European Age Verification App is ready ↓ xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1lJQRvjoX…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Russia started internet regulation for exactly the same reason in 2011. Then, gradually, blocklists, VPN bans, Sovereign Internet law, and eventually whitelists in 2026.
loc.gov/item/global-le…
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Replying to @ValourApp
That settles it valour is the beat alternative hands down
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Instead of taking his kid’s phone and changing some very basic settings, an act which is entirely within his personal control and would take him three minutes, he wants to take everyone’s constitutional rights away
Gavin Newsom wants teens banned from social media, cites daughter's phone obsession trib.al/MbvagPY
























