Federal Judge Slams Biden White House for Acting Like 'Orwellian Ministry of Truth' During COVID
CC BY 2.0 / Jennifer Moo / CensorshipCC BY 2.0 / Jennifer Moo / SubscribeInternationalIndiaAfricaAndrei DergalinAll materialsWrite to the authorA US federal judge in Louisiana has issued an injunction that effectively bars a number of key Biden officials from meeting with social media giants on matters of censorship.According to local media reports, Judge Terry A. Doughty took this step in response to lawsuits by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that during the COVID pandemic, tech companies were either coerced or encouraged by the White House to suppress free speech.Following the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020, several prominent social media platforms ramped up their content moderation efforts, ostensibly to protect users from what they called "misinformation".The content that ended up being censored included data deemed by moderators to be "false or misleading", as well as criticism of the government's anti-COVID measures such as lockdowns.
"If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history," the judge wrote. "In their attempts to suppress alleged disinformation, the Federal Government, and particularly the Defendants named here, are alleged to have blatantly ignored the First Amendment’s right to free speech," he maintained.
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