Biden Administration Censorship Campaign Dealt a Blow

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the government’s effort to reverse federal district court judge Terry A. Doughty's ruling in Missouri v. Biden .

The plaintiffs had met their burden for a preliminary injunction to block the White House and other federal agencies from communicating with social media companies to urge, encourage, pressure, or induce the deletion or suppression of content containing protected free speech.

David Rothkopf : Court found that the White House coerced social media platforms to moderate content.

He says the court found that officials coerced the platforms into direct action via urgent, uncompromising demands.

The court rejected the government’s noxious assertion that its right to speak outweighs the public's right to do so, he says.

Rothpf: Coverage of the ruling has been subdued and misleading.

The Fifth Circuit's ruling is a step forward toward breaking the Biden Administration’s multi-pronged attack on the First Amendment .

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