FOR CONGRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 201? Centact: Neel Fritsch Email: Phene: 202.3?4.?3?1 Candidate Fer Cengress Paul Nehlen Releases Outline Of Prepesed Federal "Shall Net Censer" Legislatien Delayan, WI -- Republican US. Heuse candidate Paul Nehlen is the ?rst candidate er elected ef?cial willing te stand up and prcpese a legislatiye sclutien tc the preblem cf censership cf Americans" lawful speech en sccial media "We need a federal law prehibiting censership cf lawful speech en majer sccial media platferms," Nehlen asserts. ?It is well-knewn that Twitter, Facebeekl and YeuTube discriminate against the right-wing, as eyidenced by FCC Chairman ?ji?t Pai's While widely heralded fer these cemments, they rang hellew with hp suggested selutien. This law is that selutien. It will extend Americans' First Amendment free speech pretectiens ente majer secial media platferms." "We are net estensiyely regulating er trust-busting.? Nehlen explains, "because peeple generally like hew the platferms perferm in terms cf functienality. This law will net interfere with features er functienality, se market ferces will remain in play. The preblem is their censership cf lawful speech. Hypecritically, the same cempanies that suppert net neutrality alse want te censer yeur speech. We say ne." Fer purpeses ef this legislatien, "censership" includes: - Denial ef pletierm access and nermal use thereet leg, leckeuts, suspensiens, bans) I ?Shadewbanning? i Issuance ef "yerified" status based en any facterls} unrelated te identity authenticatien I centent witheut disclesure I Embargeing centent (lei? ne "memer-heling" centent witheut the censent ef the creater) Manipulating ?trending" algerithms witheut disclesure I Demenetizatien "Lawful speech" is based upon the standards enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, with the following limitations: I No child pornography II No explicit, credibie threats of physical violence I- No publishing any individual's nonpubiic residential address, telephone number, or email address without their consent - Platforms may choose to prohibit otherwise-lawful pornographic video video containing explicit sexual acts) Restrictions on copyrighted content are already addressed by the DMCA "Major social media platforms" means social media platforms that enjoy a market share above a minimum threshold level. At present, it would include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit. (Smaller platforms and message boards will not be affected.) The legislation would impose company fines of $500,000 per instance of wrongful censorship, and would be enforced by the FCC. Judicial remedies (both monetary and non-monetary) may also be available to aggrieved parties. "The bedrock of American society is freedom of speech. Social media companies have usurped this freedom, and we intend to give it back to the American people," says Nehlen. "This is just one more instance where Paul Ryan has shown he isn't getting the job done in Washington. The GOP's voters are being systematically censored off of the primary channels of public communication by left-wing tech giants, and Ryan -- indeed, the entire GOP Congress -- has sat utterly mute for years and allowed it to happen. In the absence of leadership, I willingly step into the breach." Paui Nehien is a turnaround speciaiist, business executive, and inventor who started on the factory ?oor; who, with God ?s grace and some determination, rose to teed Fortune 500 manufacturing businesses around the wood. Nehien chaiienged Speaker Paui Ryan in Wisconsin 's 2016 First Congressionai District to stop Trans-Paci?c Partnership and secure America?s border. He is waging the battie for Wisconsin 's workers, against the refugee resettiernent racket, and tends his voice to the baf?e for America ?s vaiues. He fives in Deiavan, Wisconsin. PAID FOR BY VOLUNTEERS FOR NEHLEN