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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. State Department under President Joe Biden has suspended its monthly meetings with social media companies following a federal court ruling against the federal government coordinating with Big Tech on censorship actions, in an early sign of the ruling’s ramifications for free speech.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty issued a temporary injunction against Biden, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and various cabinet secretaries and other federal officials from communicating with tech companies for the purpose of encouraging the suppression of specific user content on their platforms.
The next day, the Washington Post reported that the State Department has canceled its regular meeting with Facebook to discuss “preparations” for the 2024 elections. All future meetings with the social network are “canceled pending further guidance,” according to an unnamed official who added that he or she is “waiting to see” if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency meeting gets canceled as well.
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