A U.S. District Court judge granted an injunction Tuesday stopping the Joe Biden administration from working with social media companies to censor information about elections, COVID-19, Hunter Biden’s laptop, and other “conservative” speech. Similarly, in 2022, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer worked with Joe Biden’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, to “manipulate elections,” Trump attorney Christina Bobb tweeted last December. The Joe Biden administration immediately filed a notice of appeal.
In his 155-page opinion, Judge Terry Doughty observed that the censorship was directed at conservatives.
“It is quite telling that each example or category of suppressed speech was conservative in nature,” he said. “This targeted suppression of conservative ideas is 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.”
The attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri brought the lawsuit against the federal government last year, alleging the collusion to ban “misinformation” constituted censorship. Plaintiffs included the Alliance Defending Freedom and Jim Hoft of The Gateway Pundit. A lengthy list of government agencies and officials were named in the injunction, including the FBI, DOJ, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State.
Doughty denounced the censorship.
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