BREAKING: NEW U.S. BILL WOULD BANKRUPT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOR CENSORING AMERICANS — “CENSOR AN AMERICAN, PAY MILLIONS.”
The GRANITE Act — Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny & Extortion — is about to drop in Congress, and it’s sending Brussels and Brazil into panic mode. Australia is not exempt and jeopardises our superannuation funds in US banks should the eCommissioner try to prosecute US tech companies for non-compliance with under 16 internet bans.
U.S. Under Secretary Sarah Rogers says a federal version is “on the verge” of House introduction, triggered by:
UK
EU’s $150M fine on X under the DSA
Brazil’s de Moraes banning X/Rumble and jailing critics
Those crossed Trump’s red line.
So here’s what GRANITE does:
Eliminates sovereign immunity for ANY foreign government that censors Americans
Lets victims sue those governments in U.S. courts
Treble damages or a minimum $10 MILLION per violation
Directly targets EU bureaucrats and Brazil’s Supreme Court
You censor an American online?
You pay.
Period.
This flips the script:
For years, global censors have bossed around U.S. platforms knowing they’re shielded by sovereign immunity — ordering takedowns, banning accounts, and even arresting dissidents abroad while expecting Americans to obey.
Now:
Every censorship order becomes a multi-million-dollar lawsuit.
U.S. courts can freeze foreign assets.
UK alone has $60 BILLION sitting in American banks.
Imagine Brussels paying $10M per Elon tweet they try to suppress.
Imagine de Moraes getting hit with a lawsuit avalanche every time he bans an app.
This isn’t defense.
This is offense.
This is Trump-era lawfare at its sharpest:
Make the bullies pay until they cry uncle.
The message to foreign censors is unmistakable:
Touch an American’s speech, and you’ll get financially vaporized in U.S. courts.
About damn time. -contributed
