A US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee report revealed that hundreds of people paid by Europeans were involved in censorship of content including populist rhetoric, anti-governmental and anti-EU content, anti-elite content, political satire, memes, and anti-migrant content.
Internal AffairsEuropean Union
- Omissions
- The report focuses specifically on allegations of the European Commission's pressure on US social media platforms to censor content, not necessarily 'hundreds of people paid by Europeans' in a direct employment sense.
- The report represents the Republican majority staff's allegations and interpretations, not bipartisan findings.
- The European Commission has rejected these allegations, stating that EU content moderation rules aim to protect fundamental rights and combat illegal content, not suppress legitimate political speech.
- The report was published on February 3, 2026, six days before the MEP's speech on February 9, 2026.
- Sources
- PrimaryUS House Judiciary Committee - The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II Report (PDF)Report released February 3, 2026 documenting European Commission's alleged decade-long campaign to censor American speech, including correspondence with platforms regarding content such as populist rhetoric, anti-governmental and anti-EU content, anti-elite content, political satire, memes, and anti-migrant content.
- PrimaryUS House Judiciary Committee - Press Release on Foreign Censorship ReportPress release dated February 3, 2026 announcing the report 'The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II: Europe's Decade-Long Campaign to Censor American Speech' which exposes European Commission pressure on tech platforms.
- SecondaryPolitico - US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officialsNews article reporting on the House Judiciary Committee's investigation and report on EU censorship efforts, published before the report release.