<p>The Biden administration received a reprieve on Friday from a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-biden-officials-from-contacting-social-media-companies-report">judge&#8217;s order</a> blocking several government agencies and officials from contacting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/social-media">social media</a> companies.</p>
<p>A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640.34.2.pdf">granted</a> a temporary stay &#8220;until further orders&#8221; are given and called for expediting oral arguments in the case, which now <a href="https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1680019448353234944">appear to be set for August 10</a>.</p>
<p>The ruling is part of a lawsuit brought in 2022 by the GOP attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri over <a href="https://www.ago.mo.gov/home/news/2023/07/05/missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey-obtains-court-order-blocking-the-biden-administration-from-violating-first-amendment">alleged collusion</a> between the federal government and social media companies such as <a href="https://www.komu.com/news/state/missouri-louisiana-ags-sue-biden-for-alleged-social-media-censorship/article_2766ce00-ccb1-11ec-83bd-2faaa5a5d782.html">Twitter and YouTube</a> to censor &#8220;disfavored&#8221; speech in violation of the First Amendment.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, who was nominated to his position by former President Donald Trump, granted a preliminary injunction on July 4 while <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63290154/293/missouri-v-biden/">recognizing allegations</a> of coordinated suppression of information on a range of topics ranging from COVID to elections labeled by the defendants as &#8220;misinformation,&#8221; &#8220;disinformation,&#8221; or &#8220;malinformation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/0e1edd23-3c69-4bce-ab7c-903370007a3e.pdf?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_13">order</a> restricted a number of officials, including White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and agencies from meeting or communicating with social media companies for the purpose of &#8220;urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing&#8221; in any manner the &#8220;removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.&#8221; Some exceptions related to flagging criminal behavior, national security concerns, and election tampering were included in the order.</p>
<p>&#8220;We must build a wall of separation between tech and state to preserve our First Amendment right to free, fair, and open debate,&#8221; said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who <a href="https://www.ago.mo.gov/home/news/2023/07/05/missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey-obtains-court-order-blocking-the-biden-administration-from-violating-first-amendment">called</a> the judge&#8217;s order &#8220;a huge win for the right to freely speak without government censorship.&#8221;</p>
<p>DOJ lawyers responded by filing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-to-appeal-judges-order-blocking-contact-with-social-media-companies">notice of appeal</a> and asking for a stay from the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/10/social-media-injunction-doughty-stay-biden/">appeals court</a> after Doughty <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-nixes-biden-request-that-would-allow-contact-with-social-media-companies">rejected the request</a> for a pause. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/738465b3-8221-4ba6-8a91-92171f73482b.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_8">Their filing said</a> the preliminary injunction would &#8220;cause the government and thus the public to suffer irreparable injury&#8221; while raising concerns about the ban being too vague and overbroad.</p>
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<p>&#8220;We are going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety, and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic and foreign attacks on our election,&#8221; Jean-Pierre <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/07/05/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-41/">told reporters last week</a>.</p>
<p>She added that social media companies have a &#8220;critical responsibility&#8221; to take account of the effects their platforms have on the American people and to &#8220;make independent choices about the information they present.&#8221;</p>

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