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A Regime ‘Fit for Communist China’: Lawsuit Filed Against US Social Media Censorship Collusion

Lawsuit targets groups that aid government censorship and interference in the dissemination of free speech online

A Regime ‘Fit for Communist China’: Lawsuit Filed Against US Social Media Censorship Collusion
The censored tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump, on a phone in Finland, on May 29, 2020. Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
5/3/2023|Updated: 5/3/2023
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A lawsuit by America First Legal (AFL) alleges that certain entities colluded with the American government to enforce censorship of issues like the 2020 election and COVID-19 on social media platforms.

According to a May 2 press release, the federal class action lawsuit was filed against individuals and entities identified as having “conspired with the government to deny Americans their inalienable rights, flagging content and creators for government entities so that those entities, in turn, would pressure platforms to remove that content or those creators. They created a regime of surveillance, censorship, and control fit for communist China.”

Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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