Congress Expands Investigation Into Social Media Censorship to Include Meta's Threads

House Judiciary Committee asks Meta for content moderation documents related to new Threads app, concerned about potential collusion with Biden administration to suppress speech.
Meta has provided some documents to Congress but has not included all internal communications requested, leading Chair Jim Jordan to consider holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt.
Jordan sees Threads as facing potential political targeting, since it competes with Twitter which has faced scrutiny over content decisions under Elon Musk.
Congress investigating whether social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and now Threads are coordinating with White House to censor certain political viewpoints and violating free speech.
Threads accused of allowing misinformation and hate speech to spread, fueling concerns it could enable election and health misinformation like Facebook while evading oversight.