Court Blocks Ruling That Barred Biden Admin From Demanding Social Media Censorship

Court Blocks Ruling That Barred Biden Admin From Demanding Social Media Censorship
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
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A federal appeals court has handed the Biden administration a temporary victory by agreeing to put a temporary hold on an earlier ruling by a district court that prohibited a range of federal agencies and their staff from contacting social media companies with requests to censor constitutionally protected free speech.

On Friday, a three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued a decision granting the Biden administration’s request to put the censorship-by-proxy ban on hold.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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