The judges wrote that the White House, the Surgeon General, the CDC and the FBI likely “coerced the platforms to make their moderation decisions by way of intimidating messages and threats of adverse consequences.”

The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions

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  • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
    33·
    10 months ago

    The problem seems to be that the constitution does not say what free speech is and now everyone thinks they are experts on it.

    ‘Coercing’ someone to not spread lies and half truths is exactly their job. These judges seem to be either incompetent or crooked. Possibly both.

    • sik0fewl@kbin.social
      5·
      10 months ago

      I believe it does say what Congress is, though, so it should be pretty obvious that the first amendment does not apply to the executive.