A federal judge has just issued an injunction barring the administration and several federal agencies from contacting Social Media sites in regards to censorship of political opinions that would’ve otherwise been protected by the First Amendment. The lawsuit, led by Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, alleged that the Biden Administration has created a “federal censorship enterprise”, pressuring Social Media sites into scrubbing what it deemed to be misinformation regarding COVID-19 policies, the origins of the virus, the Hunter Biden laptop story, election security and other sensitive topics. In his 155-page ruling U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty stated:
Missouri v. Biden is among dozens of cases regarding “censorship-by-proxy”, meaning censorship by the company running a site under pressure from the federal government, rather than by the government itself directly.
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/ju...mpled-on-free-speech-on-social-media-29334362
http://archive.today/cTZbn
EDIT: Something’s gone wrong with the BBCode, I’ll have to look at the post on a PC instead of my phone. For now I’ll post the raw links to the WSJ article and an archived, unpaywalled copy for non-subscribers.
“[T]he evidence produced thus far depicts an almost dystopian scenario, (…) During the COVID-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’ (…) The plaintiffs have presented substantial evidence in support of their claims that they were the victims of a far-reaching and widespread censorship campaign.”
Missouri v. Biden is among dozens of cases regarding “censorship-by-proxy”, meaning censorship by the company running a site under pressure from the federal government, rather than by the government itself directly.
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/ju...mpled-on-free-speech-on-social-media-29334362
http://archive.today/cTZbn
EDIT: Something’s gone wrong with the BBCode, I’ll have to look at the post on a PC instead of my phone. For now I’ll post the raw links to the WSJ article and an archived, unpaywalled copy for non-subscribers.
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