The House Judiciary Committee summoned the alphabet on Thursday, calling for communication with former President Joe Biden's administration on content moderation policies.
According to a copy of the subpoena seen by Reuters, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan also sought YouTube's parent company to communicate similarly with non-government companies and groups.
The subpoena calls for communications on the closing of President Trump, Tesla CEO and Trump's ally Elon Musk, as well as restrictions or bans on content related to the virus that sparks the topic of Covid-19 and many other conservative debate.
Republicans in the Trump administration and Congress are looking to become a big tech company around policies that will help curb conservative perspectives online. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said companies that coordinated policies with others and companies that misinterpret users about their policies are violating the law.
Last year, under scrutiny from a Jordanian house panel, Metaplatform said the Biden administration had put pressure on the content of the censorship. The company ultimately dialed content moderation in January.
“To our knowledge, Alphabet has equally not denied any attempt to censor the Biden-Harris administration's speech,” Jordan said in a letter to the company on Thursday.
Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said the company “continues to show the committee how we implement policies independently, rooted in its commitment to free expression.”
