Well, this will be fun to watch.
...what if the social media platform defers censorship decisions to the government itself? Can the government circumvent free speech protections by using a cut-out to censor citizen speech critical of its policies or preferred political candidates? ...
The States of Louisiana and Missouri aim to find out.
...The plaintiffs seek to force the federal government to reveal “the identities of federal officials who have or are communicating with social-media platforms about disinformation, misinformation . . . or any form of censorship or suppression of online speech,” in addition to “the nature and content of such federal officials’ communication with such social media platforms.” The plaintiffs have also asked for permission to “serve third-party subpoenas,” on selected social media platforms seeking, “similar information about the identity of federal officials who communicate with them, and the nature and content of these communications.”...
The plaintiffs are focused on the Hunter Biden laptop story, the "mis/dis" information censoring of Covid-related posts, and election-fraud discussions.
There's a lot there. Expect to see a run on disc-wiping software and shredding machines.
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