Texas Scorecard by Matthew DeLaCruz July 10, 2023
Accused of censoring conservative views, the judge called the administration’s actions “the most massive attack against free speech in U.S. history.”A new court ruling says the Biden administration has disregarded the First Amendment, after pressing social media companies to censor conservative views.
Federal Judge Terry Doughty of the Federal District Court of Louisiana issued a broad preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration and multiple federal agencies from communicating with social media companies about online content. Doughty ruled that the Biden administration’s coercion of social media companies into online censorship blatantly violated the First Amendment.
“The present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States history,” wrote Doughty in his 155-page ruling.
Notably, the defendants in this case include the Biden administration, the Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The lawsuit, filed by the Republican Attorney Generals of Missouri and Louisiana, accused the Biden administration of pressuring social media companies to heavily censor conservative views on the origins of COVID-19, government-ordered health measures, and election security. The plaintiffs argued that the White House essentially coerced social media companies into suppressing ideas and content disliked by the Biden administration.
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