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Federal judge blocks Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by JaymesRS@midwest.social to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] BuckLandstander@sh.itjust.works 11 points 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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“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 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

fReE sPeEcH

basically yells fire in a crowded theater

ffs...

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