“Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation”
Meeting Status:
Scheduled
Date:
Location:
Capitol Complex, 2141 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA
Witnesses
The Honorable Nigel Farage
Member of Parliament
Mr. Lorcán Price
Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom International
Mr. Morgan Reed
President, The App Association
Mr. David Kaye
Professor, UC Irvine
Meeting Documents
- Written Testimony of Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute, dated September 2, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- A letter to Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Committee from Yael Ossowski dated September 2, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- Written Testimony of Joseph Coniglio, Director of Antitrust and Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- A letter to Chairman Fitzgerald, Ranking Member Nadler, and Members of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust dated September 1, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- Written Testimony of Jessica Melugin, Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation, dated August 29, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- A Statement for the Record from Amy Bos, Director of State and Federal Affairs at NetChoice, dated September 3, 2025 , submitted for the Record by Mr. Jordan of OH.
- An article from The Wall Street Journal titled “Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit: President had sued social-media company after his accounts were suspended following Jan. 6 riot” dated January 29, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- A Supreme Court opinion from June 2024 from Murthy v. Missouri, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- A clip from GBN with a headline stating “Nigel Farage says UK is an authoritarian state like North Korea” dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- A document titled “Debunking Republicans’ Misleading Report on the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA)” from House Judiciary Democrats, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- An article from Reuters titled “Fact Check: UK woman jailed for inciting racial hatred, not posting harmful words” dated October 29, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Nadler of NY.
- An article from Politico titled “Nigel Farage: Epstein files should be released” dated July 31, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Moskowitz of FL.
- An article from PBS titled “Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide” dated August 6, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Balint of VT.
- A letter to President Trump from Mr. Correa and Mr. Fitzgerald, dated April 9, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- A document titled “The future of European competitiveness: Part A: A competitiveness strategy for Europe” dated September 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- An article from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation titled “Six ways the DMA Is Backfiring on Europe by Harming Users, Innovation, and Allies” dated June 30, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- An article from Progress Chamber titled “Europe’s tech law has turned Europeans into second-class digital citizens” dated February 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- An article from The Washington Examiner titled “EU regulations impose heavy costs on US companies, study finds” dated July 28, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- An article from The Wall Street Journal titled “The Tech Industry Is Huge – and Europe’s Share of It Is Very Small” dated May 20, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- A letter to Commissioner Henna Virkkunen from Scholars of Digital Civil Liberties and the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Cohen of TN.
- A letter to Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin from Scholars of Digital Civil Liberties and the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Cohen of TN.
- A letter to Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin from Berin Szoka, President of TechFreedom, dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA.
- An article from Ars Technica titled “Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represents small developers” dated September 19, 2022, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA.
- An article titled “The False Choice Between Digital Regulation and Innovation” by Anu Bradford, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA.
- A letter to Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin from The Open Markets Institute dated September 3, 2025, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA.
- An article from Reason titled “The 5th Circuit Agrees That Federal Officials Unconstitutionally ‘Coerced’ or ‘Encouraged’ Online Censorship” dated September 11, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from Freedom of the Press Foundation titled “Biden’s press freedom legacy: Empty words and hypocrisy” dated January 20, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The Expose titled “Britain’s emerging police state” dated January 30, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from Labour Heartlands: left Wing News Views & Opinion titled “Britian’s New Thought Police: How Labour Plans to Police Your Online Speech” dated July 27, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- A document titled “GDP Growth Comparison: EU vs. US (1998-2023)”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The New York Post “Feds blew $267M fighting ‘misinformation’ under Biden – as Trump vows to ban ‘censorship cartel” dated November 22, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from USA Today titled “Inspector General report on FBI’s FISA abuse tells us one thing: We need radical reform” dated December 10, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The Brennan Center for Justice titled “How the FBI Violated the Privacy Rights of Tens of Thousands of Americans” dated October 22, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The New Civil Liberties Alliance titled “Massive Government Censorship During and About Covid” dated April 18, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School titled “Obama Press Attacks Degrade the First Amendment In The Name of Security” dated March 20, 2014, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from Newsweek titled “Policing Thought Crime Should Have No Place in the U.K.” dated January 24, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from the Foundation for Economic Education titled “The Government’s Sprawling Effort to Censor (True) Information During the Pandemic” dated April 24, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from Gateway Pundit titled “U.K. Steps Up Free Speech Crackdown as Armed Police Arrest Comedy Writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport” dated September 2, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from Fox News titled “UK comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested over social media posts criticizing trans activists” dated September 2, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from The Independent titled “Why did Lucy Connolly receive a 31-month sentence for Southport tweet” dated August 21, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- A letter to Mr. Biggs from Seth Stern, Director of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, dated September 5, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- Questions for Mr. Farage, Submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- Questions for Mr. Price, Submitted for the Record by Mr. Fitzgerald of WI.
- Questions for Mr. Reed, Submitted for the Record by Mr. Fitzgerald of WI and Mr. Nadler of NY.
- Answers from Mr. Price, Submitted for the Record by Mr. Fitzgerald of WI.
- An article from Chamber of Progress titled "Europe's tech law has turned Europeans into second-class digital citizens" dated February 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.
- A report from The Chamber of Progress titled ‘‘New Campaign: How Digital Markets Act Has Become Europe’s Digital Curtain: Europe’s tech law has turned Europeans into second-class digital citizens,’’ dated Feb. 10, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Correa of CA.