WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Shut Your App: How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans" at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2025, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building:

The hearing will examine how government agencies have used tactics to pressure Big Tech into censoring speech protected by the First Amendment, a practice known as "jawboning."