Appeals Court Delivers Blow to Censorship Regime in Missouri v. Biden Free Speech Case -- But Pulls a Punch. Next stop: SCOTUS.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals confirms Biden White House, FBI savaged our First Amendment rights via social media censorship, but lets CISA off the hook
Courts Strike a Blow Against White House's Social Media Censorship
A federal appeals court delivered a win for free speech last week, rebuking the White House and several agencies by maintaining a freeze on their policing of our speech.
Most importantly, the court validated the argument that the U.S. government has been illegally censoring Americans by proxy via social media companies, in a breathtaking and massive violation of the First Amendment.
Critical aspects of the three-judge panel's opinion, however—namely the government actors it absolved of culpability, and its minimizing of the size and scope of the freeze—made for only a qualified victory for our first freedom.
You can find my analysis of this qualified victory in a new piece at Newsweek.
I agree wholeheartedly that letting the State Dept, NIAD and most especially CISA off the hook was stunning to me!
As you put it these groups are nerve-centers for deeming precisely what THEY consider mis- dis- or mal- information.
That makes it feel somewhat a Pyrrhic victory.