U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
03/16/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/16/2026 15:09
Chairman Jordan Probes EU Bureaucrats Hiding Efforts to Censor American Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to ten technology companies-including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Reddit, Rumble, TikTok, and xAI-reiterating that the Committee's document subpoenasrequire the companies to produce communications with foreign censors, including the European Commission and European Union (EU) Member States.
The subpoenas are necessary to allow companies to disclose documents to the Committee without interference by foreign governments. Since the subpoenas were issued, the technology companies have produced to the Committee thousands of internal documents and communications with the European Commission and EU Member States pursuant to the Committee's subpoenas.
The subpoenas are necessary to allow companies to disclose documents to the Committee without interference by foreign governments. Since the subpoenas were issued, the technology companies have produced to the Committee thousands of internal documents and communications with the European Commission and EU Member States pursuant to the Committee's subpoenas.
According to recent reporting, in response to fears about accountability from the United States, Prabhat Agarwal, the head of the European Commission's enforcement team for the Digital Services Act (DSA), told a group of European regulators that his colleagues have "started sending messages via . . . an encrypted app, rather than email, and many now have messages set to auto-delete, with the 'auto-delete timings getting shorter.'"
In light of this reporting, the Committee has reiterated that its subpoenas to the technology companies are "continuing in nature" and require the companies to preserve and produce relevant communications, including these auto-deleting messages, with foreign censors.
Read the letter to Alphabet here.
Read the letter to Amazon here.
Read the letter to Apple here.
Read the letter to Meta here.
Read the letter to Microsoft here.
Read the letter to OpenAI here.
Read the letter to Reddit here.
Read the letter to Rumble here.
Read the letter to TikTok here.
Read the letter to xAI here.
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