#shorts On 7/13/2023, during U.S. House hearing, Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan asked FTC Chair Lina Khan, “Unfortunately, in December, Madam chair, here’s what you wrote: “Identify all journalists and other members of the media to whom Twitter has granted access since Musk bought the company.” You want to know the name of every journalist a private company is talking to. I think that’s consistent with the First Amendment.

Khan: Congressman, as a former journalist, I take extremely seriously the valuable work that they do and understand that there can be instances in which government action is unjust,

Jordan: particularly in the context here. I mean, it’s bad enough if you got the government asking a private company about who are the journalists you’re talking to. You name four of them and say we want the other names of any journalists you may or in fact be communicating with. That’s bad enough. I think it’s a threat to the First Amendment freedom of the press. But in the context of giving us information about how government had suppressed speech on these platforms, that’s the context you’re asking for. I think that’s particularly troubling, don’t you, Congressman?

Khan: … Again, this is a company whose history with the FTC

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/I_mcQlPYBCM
Q: you wrote “Identify all journalists … Twitter has granted access since Musk bought the company”