First Amendment Wins on July 4, 2023: Judge limits Biden administration contact with social media firms

substantial evidence in support of their claims that they were the victims of a far-reaching and widespread censorship campaign

A federal judge in Louisiana ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment by censoring unfavorable views on social media over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, calling the efforts “Orwellian.”

HERE IS THE RULING (155 pages)

STATE OF MISSOURI, ET AL. CASE NO. 3:22-CV-01213 VERSUS JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., ET AL. MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY

Here are some quotes:

The Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits on their claim that the United States Government, through the White House and numerous federal agencies, pressured and encouraged social-media companies to suppress free speech. (p.93)

The White House Defendants made it very clear to social-media companies what they wanted suppressed and what they wanted amplified. Faced with unrelenting pressure from the most powerful office in the world, the social-media companies apparently complied. (p.101)

The Plaintiffs have presented substantial evidence in support of their claims that they were the victims of a far-reaching and widespread censorship campaign. This court finds that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment free speech claim against the Defendants. (p.154)