Biden administration faces tough questions about social media censorship in US appeals court hearing
By Amy Miller and Madeline Hughes ( August 10, 2023, 23:31 GMT | Insight) -- The Biden administration faced tough questions from a federal appeals court about its request to overturn a preliminary injunction that bars government officials from coordinating with social media companies about content moderation. A panel of three Republican-appointed judges — Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod and Don R. Willett — peppered the US government with questions about alleged federal coercion of social media companies designed to get them to comply with certain content-moderation guidelines.The Biden administration faced tough questions from a federal appeals court about its request to overturn a preliminary injunction that bars government officials from coordinating with social media companies about content moderation. ...
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