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A Lawsuit Settlement Highlights Trump's Hypocrisy on Government Meddling With Social Media

Despite its rejection of the Biden administration's interference, the Trump administration is still asserting authority over online speech.

Reason · Mar 25

Deporting the Cancer Kid

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Reason · Apr 28, 2025

Marco Rubio Stands By Removal Of U.S. Citizen Children: 'The Children Went With Their Mother'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood by the removal of two U.S. citizen children, one of them suffering from cancer. "The children went with their mothers."

Latin Times · Apr 28, 2025

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"Illegal": Trump-nominated judge furious

The child's father filed to keep her in the U.S. before she was removed from the country Friday

Salon · Apr 26, 2025

Trump-appointed judge says 2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’

At least three young citizen children were removed from Louisiana in cases that alarm civil rights groups

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025

ICE deports the mother of a breastfeeding infant and a 2-year-old who is a US citizen

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the breastfeeding Cuban-born mother of a one-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025

First Amendment Censorship Claims Against Stanford Internet Observatory Can Go Forward to Discovery as to Jurisdiction and Standing

From Hines v. Stamos, decided today by Judge Terry Doughty (W.D. La.): This case stems from Defendants' alleged participation in… The post First Amendment Censorship Claims Against Stanford Internet Observatory Can Go Forward to Discovery as to Jurisdiction and Standing appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 18, 2024

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Federal Judge Allows RFK Jr. Lawsuit Against Biden Administration

Federal judge allows Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s lawsuit against Biden administration over social media censorship to proceed.

Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit

The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024

Federal judges are blocking Biden’s plans to protect LGBT+ students

Republican-appointed judges side with GOP lawsuits targeting Title IX protections for trans students

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024

US supreme court to hear case about government requests to social media companies

The case will determine if the White House violated free speech protections when requesting social networks to remove Covid misinformation

The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2024

FIRE Highlights the Blatant Hypocrisy of State Officials Who Decry Government Meddling With Social Media

Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation.

Reason · Mar 11, 2024

No Arbitration of Suit Alleging Stanford Internet Observatory et al. Collaborated with Government to Pressure Social Media Platforms

From Judge Terry Doughty's opinion yesterday in Hines v. Stamos (W.D. La.) (already being appealed), rejecting defendants' motion to compel arbitration: Hines is a … co-Director of Health Freedom Louisiana, a consumer and human rights advocacy organization. Hoft is … the founder, owner, and operator of the news website, The…

Reason · Nov 17, 2023

SCOTUS Will Decide When the Government's Social Media Meddling Violates the First Amendment

The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.

Reason · Oct 22, 2023

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Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023

Top US court halts order limiting officials’ contact with social media orgs

The injunction would have barred the administration of President Joe Biden from weighing in on social media content.

Reason · Sep 11, 2023

The 5th Circuit Agrees That Federal Officials Unconstitutionally 'Coerced' or 'Encouraged' Online Censorship

The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.

WEKU · Sep 9, 2023

Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies

The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms

A federal appeals court has significantly whittled down a lower court order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies

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Roll Call · Aug 10, 2023

Appeals court weighs order on social media content moderation - Roll Call

An appellate court panel heard arguments Thursday about the government's ability to contact social media companies on content moderation.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Appeal arguments are set on an order limiting Biden administration communications with social media

Biden administration attorneys are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to block a lower court's order that limited executive branch officials’ communications with social media companies about controversial online posts

WEKU · Jul 15, 2023

Court pauses order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Appeals court pauses order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ communications with social media companies about controversial online posts

Reason · Jul 12, 2023

Some Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Censorship by Proxy Have a Beef With the 1st Amendment Itself

"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 12, 2023

The Biden administration’s loss in social media ‘misinformation’ case is a win for free speech

Even “verifiable misinformation” is protected by the First Amendment, which means the government has no business trying to suppress it.

Reason · Jul 12, 2023

Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech

The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.

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