A Louisiana Judge has temporarily banned officials with the Biden administration and several federal agencies from contacting social media companies about censoring posts on their platforms, CBN reports.
The decision, referred to as a ‘blow to censorship,’ was in response to a lawsuit against the Biden administration launched by Attorney Generals in Louisiana and Missouri that the administration was censoring political viewpoints it did not agree with.
In his 155-page preliminary ruling, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty added that it was likely that these often successful censorship attempts violated the First Amendment rights of Americans that guarantee freedom of speech.
They are prohibited from “encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.”
The judge even likened the censorship attempt to the ‘Ministry of Truth,’ in George Orwells’ dystopian novel, 1984.
“Evidence produced thus far depicts an almost dystopian scenario. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth,” Doughty said in his 155 page preliminary injunction.
Along with mentioning several agencies such as the FBI and Department of Health and Human Services, Doughty specifically cited several individuals including:
- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas,
- Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and
- White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Under the ruling, agencies are still allowed to contact social media companies about any criminal or illegal activities on their platforms.
READ: ‘An Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Judge Bars Biden Admin from Social Media ‘Censorship’
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