The Biden administration Wednesday appealed a preliminary injunction issued to bar federal employees from communicating with social media platforms to censor content containing protected speech.

Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana said plaintiffs in the Missouri v. Biden free speech lawsuit, Louisiana Attorneys General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorneys General Andrew Bailey, were “a major effort by the defendants.” I have submitted evidence,” and issued an injunction on Tuesday. The White House has ordered federal agencies to suppress speech based on its content. The Biden Administration appealed Injunction to Fifth Circuit Court on Wednesday.

The injunction authorizes federal officials, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the FBI, “to encourage, encourage, pressure, or induce the removal, removal, suppression, or removal in any way” of social media platforms. prohibited from communicating with Reduction of content containing protected free speech. ” (Related: Biden administration can’t work with social media for speech suppression, federal judge rule)

Biden: “Do you disagree with the judge’s ruling that this adjustment is a form of censorship specifically targeted at Conservative speech?”

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“Although this case is still relatively young and the court is currently only considering the plaintiffs’ likelihood of success on the merits, the evidence presented so far has been largely dystopian. I’m writing a scenario,” Doughty wrote. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps the period most marked by widespread suspicion and uncertainty, the U.S. government appears to have assumed a role similar to Orwell’s Ministry of Truth. ”

Landry and Bailey filed a preliminary injunction in March. The filing revealed more than 1,400 facts the Attorney General obtained through documents obtained in the lawsuit, alleging that the agency engaged in censorship activities using social media platforms.

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