**Headline: Senator Thom Tillis Sparks Outrage With Proposal to Mandate "Patriotic Algorithms" on Social Media – Critics Cry 'End of Free Thought'**

Headline: Senator Thom Tillis Sparks Outrage with Proposal to Mandate “Patriotic Algorithms” on Social Media – Critics Cry ‘End of Free Thought’

Charlotte, NC – In a move that has sent shockwaves through both Silicon Valley and civil liberties groups, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has introduced a controversial new bill that would legally require social media platforms to prioritize “pro-American, faith-based, and family-centric” content in their algorithms. Dubbed the “Moral Compass Act,” the legislation argues that “unchecked digital anarchy is rotting the soul of our nation,” and that the government has a duty to “steer the ship of public discourse back to God, country, and common decency.”

Supporters, including several conservative religious coalitions, view the bill as a necessary firewall against the “woke moral decay” they claim is flooding children’s feeds. But critics—ranging from the ACLU to free speech absolutists—are already calling it the “thought police act,” warning that it sets a dangerous precedent for government-controlled narratives.

“This is not about safety; it’s about control,” said Dr. Lena Vasquez, a media ethics professor at Duke. “By codifying a specific moral code into code, Tillis is effectively telling the nation: ‘Your freedom ends where my discomfort begins.’ It’s the death of the open internet and the dawn of a digital theocracy.”

The bill would also levy fines of up to 10% of a platform’s global revenue for every instance of “anti-American or morally corrosive content” that its algorithm fails to suppress. As the debate rages on social media—ironically, on the very platforms the bill seeks to police—one trending hashtag sums up the public sentiment: #TillisTheCensor. The question remains: who decides what is “moral”? And at what point does protecting society from itself become the very downfall it seeks to prevent?