US House of Representatives member Jim Jordan has called upon YouTube to provide updates on whether policy surrounding firearms was Influenced by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
In a letter sent to Alphabet, Jim Jordan asked the parent company to provide communications and records relating to the company’s engagement with government officials and other agencies regarding a policy shift in its firearm procedures.
The letter also adds that the request would be “responsive to an already issued subpoena that is continuing in nature.”
Alphabet has been equivocally introducing new changes to its platform as the company embarked on an age-restricting policy on the use of homemade firearms, automatic firearms, and certain firearm accessories.
Part of the plan also includes immediate banning of content or visual showing how safety devices are being removed.
An investigation conducted by Jim Jordan who’s also the chair of the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee of Weaponization of the Federal Government revealed that the policy shift on YouTube is majorly Influenced by government officials and third parties interested in suppressing certain Second Amendment-related content.
Referring, Jim Jordan marked the New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg as the mastermind after bringing a case where ex-president Donald Trump was indicted on 34 counts regarding his hush money scandal.
Bragg in April also wrote a letter to YouTube expressing dissatisfaction with content instructing how to make a “ghost gun” as he argued that, such videos should be banned from being displayed on the platform urging the social media company to prohibit videos with violent content to children’s view.
While implementing the policy shift on firearms, Bragg commended YouTube for acting in tandem with his request against the First Amendment-protected speech as a result of government agencies’ requests either past or present.
The petition also shows the extra mile embarked by the Executive Branch and other intermediaries to compel YouTube to ban lawful speech regarding the Second Amendment and firearms, Jordan said.