{"id":9715,"date":"2026-06-12T12:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9715"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:01:10","slug":"the-bill-that-would-let-jimmy-kimmel-sue-brendan-carr-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9715","title":{"rendered":"The bill that would let Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Lauren Feiner<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 11, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Digital photo illustration of FCC chair Brendan Carr.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25840497\/STKP211_BRENDAN_CARR_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post &#8211; regardless of whether the platform actually does it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/release\/cruz-wyden-introduce-legislation-to-guard-first-amendment-speech-rights-against-government-jawboning\/\">JAWBONE Act<\/a> on Thursday, which, in addition to letting individuals sue for these kinds of damages, would create new transparency requirements for government communications with social media, AI, and broadcast companies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That could empower someone like Jimmy Kimmel to sue Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/948525\/cruz-wyden-jawbone-act-censorship\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/948525\/cruz-wyden-jawbone-act-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Feiner &bull; June 11, 2026 Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post &#8211; regardless of whether the platform actually does it. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9715\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}