DOJ Settles Lawsuit Alleging Biden Admin Pressured Twitter to Suppress Speech

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division called the settlement ‘an important milestone in the battle for free speech.’
DOJ Settles Lawsuit Alleging Biden Admin Pressured Twitter to Suppress Speech
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The U.S. Department of Justice settled litigation on Wednesday alleging the Biden administration pressured Twitter to suppress speech by Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter who criticized COVID-19 vaccine claims.

The Justice Department said the lawsuit alleged the federal government violated the First Amendment by pressuring the social media company into suppressing “disfavored speech.”