australia and europe want the empire to obey their censorship rules but jim jordan is standing in their way;

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, is now facing transnational political clash after the US House Judiciary Committee demanded she appear before Congress to explain her office’s global content takedown efforts.

The committee, chaired by Republican Jim Jordan, argues that Australia’s Online Safety Act (OSA) has evolved into what he called a “foreign censorship regime” with implications for American speech.

In a letter sent Tuesday, Jordan described Inman Grant as a “zealot” and accused her of pushing an “expansive interpretation” of the OSA that “directly threatens American speech.”

He warned that her efforts to enforce content removals beyond Australia’s borders amount to an assertion of jurisdiction over foreign citizens and platforms.

The committee has asked her to testify “as soon as possible, but no later than 10am ET on December 2, 2025,” though she has not confirmed whether she will attend.

Jordan’s letter forms part of a broader congressional inquiry into how foreign governments may be influencing what Americans can post or view online. […]

Jordan’s correspondence also accused Inman Grant of having “colluded” with “pro-censorship entities” during her recent US visit, highlighting her keynote appearance at Stanford University in September.

The committee alleged that the event “sought to facilitate cooperation with global censorship by bringing together foreign officials who have directly targeted American speech.”

It also referred to previous findings that the Stanford Internet Observatory had “played a key role” in assisting US agencies to “covertly silence American voices to influence the 2020 US presidential election.” […]...........more.......