USSA watch: Judge blocks political censorship of social media
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Too good to be true, so look for this to get overturned or something.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.293.0.pdf
155 pages of fun. Small sample:
In this case, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants suppressed conservative-leaning free speech,
such as: (1) suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 Presidential election; (2)
suppressing speech about the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origin; (3) suppressing speech about
the efficiency of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns; (4) suppressing speech about the efficiency of
COVID-19 vaccines; (5) suppressing speech about election integrity in the 2020 presidential
election; (6) suppressing speech about the security of voting by mail; (7) suppressing parody
content about Defendants; (8) suppressing negative posts about the economy; and (9) suppressing
negative posts about President Biden.All of which turned out to be true - both in the sense that speech was suppressed, and, in the sense that speech did not deserve suppression since the Party Line was in fact a lie.
The Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that the Government has
used its power to silence the opposition. Opposition to COVID-19 vaccines; opposition to
COVID-19 masking and lockdowns; opposition to the lab-leak theory of COVID-19; opposition
to the validity of the 2020 election; opposition to President Biden’s policies; statements that the
Hunter Biden laptop story was true; and opposition to policies of the government officials in
power. All were suppressed...a perfect example
of viewpoint discrimination of political speech. American citizens have the right to engage in free
debate about the significant issues affecting the country.
Although this case is still relatively young, and at this stage the Court is only examining it
in terms of Plaintiffs’ likelihood of success on the merits, the evidence produced thus far depicts
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Update - USA censorship is back. 5th court of appeals stayed injunction, that is, overturned for now.
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Under oath, DHS guy admits they censor what they call "misinformation" or "disinformation" from "foreign actors"............
https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1684228966691770370
.... but refuses to say -WHO DECIDES- when & what those things are, or how decided.
Also, court case here (this thread) found, AS UNDISPUTED FACT, fact not even disputed by Biden Regime, that they censor USA citizens, domestic speech.
So when DHS guy said they only censor foreign..... He lied under oath.
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Update.
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5th circuit did not block whole injunction, only parts it found vague
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5th circuit has now affirmed much of it & expanded it to include CISA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
In short, Biden Regime is not supposed to communicate with social media companies to get them to censor USA citizens re: covid, elections, etc.........
....... although, Biden Regime being so lawless, they prob will continue. But at least they're not supposed to.The decision constituted a departure from the panel’s September ruling, which held that CISA had worked with the social media companies in a constitutionally permissible manner. Reassessing the facts, the Court this time concluded that “CISA’s role went beyond mere information sharing. Like the CDC for COVID-related claims, CISA told the platforms whether certain election-related claims were true or false. CISA’s actions apparently led to moderation policies being altered and content being removed or demoted by the recipient platforms.” The Fifth Circuit stayed the order for an additional 10 days, possibly to give the government time to petition for a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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