As more details emerge about the Biden administration's censorship efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election, one Republican lawmaker is taking steps to prevent any reoccurrence of what she contends are egregious violations of Americans' constitutional rights.

Nancy Mace (R-SC), chair of the House Oversight Committee subcommittee on cybersecurity, has issued a demand to the White House demanding any and all documents related to speech suppression and also insisting that the administration “cease and desist” from such conduct in relation to social media companies, as Fox News reports.

Mace lets loose

The South Carolina Republican sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday making her desires on the topic of administration-led social media censorship known.

Mace's communication said in part, “In the interest of good government, and to ensure the integrity of the upcoming national election, I am writing to request information on any information suppression campaigns in which the Administration is currently engaged.”

The congresswoman did not stop there, adding, “I urge you to cease and desist any such activity and ensure that all employees of the Executive Branch refrain from exerting political pressure on social media companies to censor content in accord with White House preferences.”

Zuckerberg letter prompts action

In her letter, Mace made direct reference to a letter sent by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan regarding the pressures that Facebook, under his larger corporate umbrella, faced from the federal government during the pandemic.

As Reuters noted, Zuckerberg detailed in his letter that Facebook had been “pressured” into “censoring” by the current administration, and he pledged to fight back should such coercive tactics be used in the future.

“In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree,” Zuckerberg wrote.

The Meta chief went on, “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret we were not more outspoken about it.”

“I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today,” Zuckerberg further confessed.

Looking toward the future, the tech mogul indicated that he did not plan to make financial contributions to bolster electoral infrastructure in the 2024 presidential race to ensure that he or his company would “not play a role one way or another” in the ultimate outcome.

Mace not alone

It is not just Mace who has offered a forceful response in the wake of Zuckerberg's candid communication to the Judiciary Committee, with Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) issuing a written response to the Meta head, addressing some of the key concerns he has with regard the company's past – and potentially future – conduct.

Meuser noted in his communication to Zuckerberg, “Your dissemination of misinformation can easily be construed as election interference and very well may have impacted the 2020 presidential election. Your acknowledgment of censoring the New York Post's article related to Hunter Biden's laptop limited to open exchange of information related to a free and fair election,” and he also accused the tech boss of involvement in facilitating ballot harvesting operations in the Keystone State.

The lawmaker concluded that “Mr. Zuckerberg and his organization must be held accountable...and ensure they promote unbiased information sharing for all Americans,” and it is hoped that his actions, together with Mace's demands of the Biden administration, will begin the process of preventing -- and redressing -- the free speech and election integrity violations to which so many were subjected in recent years.