This conservative crusade against what the United States thinks censor her positions and opinions specially social networksan important victory. This Tuesday is a Louisiana federal judge appointed by donald trump published a ….. interim injunction HE limits agencies and fees Joe Biden government to create persons about these social networks content control. This is a emergency measure could have profound consequences. Freedom of expressionbut also the spread of misinformation.
brought by the case Attorneys General of Missouri and Louisianaboth republicans. They accused the Biden government of going too far in trying to deal with the platform’s messages on its social networks, according to officials. Misinformation about vaccines during the pandemic process, or effects electoral integrity
Two epidemiologists questioning the government’s management of the pandemic Teacher from the University of California fired for refusing to get vaccinated, manager of an organization accused of making propaganda misinformation about vaccines And Founder of far-right website Gateway Pundit. All of them assure that they were censored by social networks.
“HE ‘deep state’ a planted censorship suppression seed the government but that seed fertilized, germinated and grown rapidly once president Biden Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey took office in an interview with The Washington Post prior to the decision.
“Orwellian” government
HE Judge Terry Doughty took the side of their claims and considered that the plaintiffs had presented “significant evidence supporting their claim as their own”. victims of a widespread and far-reaching censorship campaign”, as he denounced, almost completely set the goal conservative views
“The evidence presented so far is that a almost dystopian scenario”, the judge wrote, “during the Covid-19 pandemic (…) the US government appears to have played a similar role. Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’”.
“If the plaintiffs’ claims are true, the case concerns one of the largest attacks on freedom of speech in United States history,” the judge said. condemns”The government used its power to silence the opposition.”.
Order
The precautionary measure he introduced is currently affecting departments and institutions. Health, Justice and Government and FBI or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also a dozen high individual positionsIncluding Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Majorcas and Jen Easterly, head of the Department of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security. they can’t to talk to social networks to encourage, encourage, pressure or incite in no way retrieval, deletion, deletion or reduction contents what does it contain protected freedom of expression”.
In addition, the order cannot point to specific messages on platforms nor asking for information about their efforts to remove the content. And also prohibits communication with academic groups such as the Alliance for Election Integrity, a coalition of researchers led by specialized centers at Stanford and Washington Universities.
includes the precaution exceptions so the government can continue to inform message technology companies of this detail on their platforms crimes, threats to national security, or attempts by foreigners to influence elections. But some experts have warned against the lack of a clear depiction of what might constitute content that the government can take action on.
“Responsible Actions”
HE department Justice is reviewing the injunction and will consider your options In this case,” according to a White House source, the Administration “has been promoted” in a statement.responsible actions protect public health and safety when faced with challenges such as a deadly epidemic and foreign attacks in elections.
“Our consistent stance is that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take into account the effects of their platforms on American citizens, but to make independent choices about the information they provide,” he said.