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Judge Compares Biden Admin’s Social Media Censorship to Mafia-Style Tactics as Biden Lawyers Claim No Proof of Coercion

In Missouri’s social media censorship case against the Biden administration, President Joe Biden’s lawyers argued no solid proof of government coercion in content removal requests, while judges said the pressure reminded them of mafia-style tactics.
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Judge Compares Biden Admin’s Social Media Censorship to Mafia-Style Tactics as Biden Lawyers Claim No Proof of Coercion
President Joe Biden delivers a speech to mark the one-year anniversary of his signing into law the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 10, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
By Tom Ozimek
8/11/2023Updated: 8/12/2023
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In Missouri’s social media censorship case against the Biden administration, President Joe Biden’s lawyers argued there was no solid proof of government coercion in content removal requests, while judges said the pressure reminded them of mafia-style tactics.

The back-and-forth about whether the government’s actions were coercive was one of several testy exchanges in a New Orleans court on Aug. 10, where Judges Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod, and Don R. Willett of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of the Missouri v. Biden over free speech, censorship, and government collusion.

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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