Opinion: Susan Shelley: Joe Biden’s censorship regime must be stopped
The Biden administration has been directing massive censorship of the free speech of Americans and wants to continue doing so.
But the Biden administration is proud of this. The government immediately filed an appeal of the injunction, arguing that the nation faced unacceptable risks from a court order to stop “urging, encouraging, pressuring or inducing” social media companies to engage in “removal, deletion, suppression or reduction of content containing protected free speech.”
But Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod noted the “irate” tone of the messages from government officials as they complained that targeted posts were not taken down fast enough. She said it sounded like “a supervisor complaining about a worker.” And Judge Don Willett cited public statements by administration officials threatening social media companies with anti-trust enforcement or unfavorable changes to federal law.
In July, the House Judiciary Committee was preparing to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a February subpoena for company records related to the government’s efforts to censor or suppress speech on the platform. Before the contempt vote could happen, Zuckerberg turned over the documents from the company’s files.
“Because we were under pressure from the administration and others to do more,” was the answer that came back to him. The official added, “We shouldn’t have done it. We stopped removing in May.”
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