The White House, health officials and the FBI may have violated the First Amendment rights of people posting about COVID-19 and elections on social media by pressuring technology companies to suppress or remove the posts, a federal appeals court ruled late Friday.
The decision from the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals partly upheld an order from a Louisiana federal judge that blocked many federal agencies from having contact with companies like Facebook, YouTube and X, formerly Twitter, about content moderation.
The lawsuit accused administration officials of coercing platforms into taking down controversial content including election fraud, the FBI’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop and the COVID pandemic.
The 5th Circuit panel found that the White House coerced the platforms through “intimidating messages and threats of adverse consequences” and commandeered the decision-making processes of social media companies, particularly in handling pandemic-related and 2020 election posts.
hosting children’s events on condemned properties, committing to bike trail maintenance without budgeting for the work, receipt after receipt for…
Its not hard to figure out who I am . You can find me speaking on several Town Council meeting…
Pete, you seem deeply invested—though mostly in hearing yourself talk. Imagine using that energy for something actually productive: showing up…
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This is yet another example of Town Council and the Mayor trying to jam their versions of this town down…