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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Ending Free Speech

On Independence Day, Federal District Court Judge Terry A. Doughty issued a preliminary injunction in Missouri v. Biden that blocks the White House and numerous federal agencies from communicating with social media companies for “the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.” The Government filed a Notice of Appeal, and requested a stay on enforcement of the injunction until its appeal is decided. Doughty denied the stay, though he nominally clarified the injunction’s scope. The Government then filed for an emergency stay with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. That motion is pending.
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3 comments:

  1. Consider the other side of this; government wanting to justify their attacks on media which would not comport to government demands.

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  2. Some government diktat isn't going to stop me saying "Fuck Joe Biden".

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  3. The likes of Fecebook & others will do it anyway.

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