A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by MO and LA AGs over vaccine posts
The Trump-appointed judge's move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies.
Washington Post Cat Zakrzewski
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@yoyoel.com
Yoel Roth
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I testified in front of the House Oversight Committee, under oath, about the extraordinary efforts the US government took to never even appear to take the chance of possibly hinting at demanding the removal of speech. It simply did not happen. It's ridiculous to suggest that it…
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@yoyoel.com
Yoel Roth
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There is so much wrong with this decision — not least of all that it will make us less secure going into the 2024 elections — but the most glaring bit is the theory that tech companies were somehow “coerced” to take action simply by virtue of having a meeting. That's just... not…
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@mmasnick.bsky.social
Mike Masnick
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Great. Now we have idiot judges misreading the Twitter files. [embedded post]
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@joekatz45.bsky.social
Joe Katz
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What's interesting to me about this is the assumption that this space MUST be open to conservatives, a group that has repeatedly created social networks that intentionally cater only to themselves. No one on the left ever went on to Truth Social expecting a warm welcome. [embed…
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@danielahorwitz.bsky.social
Daniel A. Horwitz
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Tired: Injunctions are an extraordinary remedy, and they should be as narrow as possible. — Wired: Nobody in the federal government, their children, any suspected blood relative, their neighbors (current or former), and anyone who has ever sent or received an email is allowed t…
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@leahlitman.bsky.social
Leah Litman
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ok this is also incredible: The judge said that Republican states are being “denied the benefits intended to arise from the federal system.” — APPARENTLY THE CONSTITUTION WAS FORMED SO YOU COULD SPREAD ELECTION & COVID MISINFORMATION; HAPPY BIRTHDAY/INDEPENDENCE DAY, AMERICA!! …
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@aaronjschaffer@mastodon.social
Aaron Schaffer
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In an extraordinary ruling that came on July 4th (a federal holiday), a federal judge just blocked Biden administration officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@intelwire@mastodon.social
J.M. Berger
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But hey, don't worry, dragging tech CEOs in Republican committee hearings is still fine https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@aaronjschaffer@mastodon.social
Aaron Schaffer
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The judge did carve out some exceptions, including for warnings about national security threats or criminal activity — Opinion: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Ruling: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
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@tribelaw
Laurence Tribe
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This injunction is blatantly unconstitutional https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@cat_zakrzewski
Cat Zakrzewski
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BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked key Biden officials from contacting tech companies to encourage limits on ‘protected speech.’ The injunction came in a case brought by Louisiana and Missouri AGs that has critical implications for the First Amendment. https://www.washingtonpo…
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@bgrueskin
Bill Grueskin
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“It can't be that the government violates the First Amendment simply by engaging with the platforms about their content-moderation policies,” said @JameelJaffer “If that's what the court is saying here, it's a pretty radical proposition that isn't supported by the case law.” http…
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@robertkennedyjr
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
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Federal judge orders President Biden to stop censoring his critics including me. The decision mentions me on page 17. Happy Independence Day Everyone! https://www.wsj.com/...
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@ggreenwald
Glenn Greenwald
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As of today, senior Biden officials — including all employees of the FBI, DOJ, DHS, the State Dept. and the WH Press Secretary — are legally banned from doing the following in order to induce or persuade Big Tech platforms to censor Americans. Huge 1st Amendment win:🇺🇸 https://tw…
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@tracybethhoeg
@tracybethhoeg
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The NYT article is very difficult to read when one considers it is nonsense to label it “right wing” to oppose the govt working to silence credentialed scientists who were correct Agree w/@akheriaty that @nytimes is “writing themselves into irrelevance” https://www.nytimes.com/..…
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@jeanne_mann
Jeanne Mann
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Lies unlimited. That's what the GOP is going for, and now they've got a court ruling to help stifle those who want to correct disinformation & misinformation, lies. Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com…
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@davidsacks
David Sacks
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A U.S. District Court has ruled that parts of the government including FBI and HHS and cannot urge, encourage, pressure or induce social media sites to remove content containing protected free speech. A much needed decision! 🇺🇸 Happy July 4! 🇺🇸 https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@donaldwelsh16
Donald Welsh
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A huge win for free speech at the expense of censorship. Fitting it would be released on July 4th. https://twitter.com/...
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@normornstein
Norman Ornstein
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Putin and assorted terrorists, along with misinformation and disinformation hacks, must be thrilled with this. Along with you. https://twitter.com/...
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@theangryepi
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
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It's fine to take a sharpie and tell Americans that the projected track of a Hurricane is different from the actual factual track, but it's not okay to attempt to curb misinformation during a pandemic catastrophe that killed > a million Americans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ …
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@stengel
Richard Stengel
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This is reverse prior restraint: judge preventing the government from speaking about speech to the platforms. In our system, the government is allowed to speak, and the private entities are allowed to ignore it. That's also free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@mattyglesias
Matthew Yglesias
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To save free speech from oppressive government, a federal judge acting in collaboration with multiple state attorneys general, is barring a huge number of people from communicating with social media companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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