Judges put hold on ruling banning contact between federal agencies and tech companies: report – By Maya Boddie (Alternet) / July 14, 2023
A New Orleans panel of judges sided with President Biden administration officials Friday by temporarily blocking a recent ruling prohibiting federal agencies from communicating with social media companies, Politico reports.
Louisiana District Court Judge Terry A. Doughty, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, issued the preliminary injunction earlier this month with “the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.”
According to the report, “Judge Carl Stewart, an appointee of President Bill Clinton; Judge James Graves, an appointee of President Barack Obama; and Judge Andrew Oldham, an appointee of President Donald Trump” chose not to “explain the rationale for granting what the court called a ‘temporary administrative stay’ of Doughty’s injunction.”
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