(The Center Square) – In a heated congressional hearing, U.S. lawmakers debated whether the Biden administration or current Trump administration is more guilty of infringing on Americans’ First Amendment rights by utilizing third-party censorship.

Two witnesses who say they were victims of unconstitutional censorship under the Biden administration also testified at the Wednesday hearing, held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

“The First Amendment is a powerful weapon against the government’s ability to publicly censor its own citizens. But in recent years, we have seen the government censor in secret through third parties, ‘jawboning’ Big Tech into suppressing user content, often under the guise of ‘safety’ or ‘national security',” Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Tex

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