Federal judge blocks Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies | CNN Business
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19 disinformation.
  • BuckLandstander@sh.itjust.works
    121·
    1 year ago

    Gotta love how “stopping misinformation” is interpreted as “silencing conservatives” by the people who coined the term “alternative facts.”

  • SDK@midwest.social
    52·
    1 year ago
    “In a preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Terry Doughty, the judge ordered a slew of federal agencies and more than a dozen top officials not to communicate with social media companies about taking down “content containing protected free speech” that’s posted on the platforms.“

    What the hell?!?!

    • Banzai51@midwest.social
      81·
      1 year ago

      Republicans have been spending a lot of post-pamdemic time over turning or banning pandemic measures. When the next one hits, a lot of people are going to die.

      • Tinidril@midwest.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        Ironically, it will mostly be their voters who die and, incidentally, lose the rest of their rights in the process.