By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee called on Australia’s internet regulator to testify about the country’s laws governing the internet, calling her a “noted zealot for global takedowns” who “threatens speech of American citizens.”

In a letter dated November 18, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, a Republican, accused Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant of colluding with pro-censorship bodies by participating in a Stanford University panel of “foreign officials who have directly targeted American speech and represent a serious threat to the First Amendment.”

A number of large internet companies, mostly based in the U.S., have lately protested against a host of Australian online rules, including a social media ban for children under the age of 16.

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