Wed Jul 5, 2023 – 10:05 am EDT
MONROE, Louisiana (LifeSiteNews) — A federal judge ordered President Joe Biden’s administration not to work with or pressure social media companies to censor speech, with limited exceptions, as a lawsuit proceeds.
Judge Terry A. Doughty ruled on Tuesday in favor of entities, including Louisiana and Missouri, that have sued Biden’s team for colluding with social media companies to censor speech that raises questions about the integrity of the 2020 elections, reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop, and questions regarding the establishment narrative on COVID-19, including on vaccines.
“If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States history,” Judge Doughty wrote. “In their attempts to suppress alleged disinformation, the Federal Government, and particularly the Defendants named here, are alleged to have blatantly ignored the First Amendment’s right to free speech.”
The judge issued a preliminary injunction against the listed defendants, which include Biden himself, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and a slew of high-ranking officials, including cabinet secretaries.
Judge Doughty concluded:
The Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that
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