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Court Rejects Challenge to Government-Directed Censorship – HotAir

Consider today a very disappointing day at the Supreme Court. Not only did the court publish only two of the outstanding opinions in unresolved cases this term, they also chose to punt on one of the most important. 

Murthy v Missouri took on the censorship syndicate that formed during the pandemic between government agencies and social-media platforms. The Fifth Circuit held for the plaintiffs and enjoined those agencies and others from coordinating with the Big Tech moderators to quash debate and dissent. Rather than deal with the clear First Amendment threats this creates, the court chose to reject the case on standing, in a 6-3 decision that crossed ideological lines.

[This decision demonstrates the dire need to support free and independent voices and protect free debate from the Big Tech-Government Censorship Complex. Many of our readers have joined the fight as part of our VIP…

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