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5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)

submitted 1 year ago by Peaces@infosec.pub to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[–] agentsquirrel@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised this isn't studied and reported on much now, or at least I haven't seen it. Trump and the Republicans indirectly killed some non-zero number of Americans with misinformation and the general politicization of the pandemic. If we ever experience another pandemic with a virus that is as deadly as ebola but with a longer period of time before symptoms are evident, Republicans are going to kill many more people.