Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

NCLA Petitions en Banc Sixth Circuit to Halt Government-Directed Social Media Censorship

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

asking an en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, or the three-judge panel, to rehear the case and halt the government’s unconstitutional assault on free speech.

Key Points: 
  • asking an en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, or the three-judge panel, to rehear the case and halt the government’s unconstitutional assault on free speech.
  • Biden Administration officials, including some within the Department of Health and Human Services, have violated the First Amendment by directing social media companies to censor viewpoints that conflict with the government’s Covid-19 messaging.
  • The en banc Sixth Circuit should correct the panel’s error and allow the Changizi plaintiffs to continue their lawsuit seeking to put a stop to the government’s extensive social media censorship activities.
  • We urge the Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, or the panel itself, to rehear the case and correct this error.”

Victory! Federal Judge Rules Biden Administration Cannot Censor Americans on Social Media

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Jill Hines was a dissenter from mandatory vaccines and lockdowns who also had her media posts throttled.

Key Points: 
  • Jill Hines was a dissenter from mandatory vaccines and lockdowns who also had her media posts throttled.
  • The agencies directed such companies to censor viewpoints that conflicted with federal government messaging on topics ranging from Covid-19 to elections.
  • They are prohibited from threatening, pressuring, or coercing social media companies to suppress or remove posted content featuring protected speech.
  • The Biden Administration’s outrageous assault on the Constitution and on the civil liberties of Americans must end.

NCLA Sixth Circuit Appeal Asks Court to Halt Government-Directed Social Media Censorship

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

v. HHS, et al., which urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reverse the lower courts dismissal and allow the case to move forward.

Key Points: 
  • v. HHS, et al., which urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reverse the lower courts dismissal and allow the case to move forward.
  • Statements by President Biden, Press Secretary Jen Psaki, and other federal officials unequivocally prove they told social media companies what and whom to censor.
  • suithas shown that the government used state power to browbeat social media companies into censoring non-government-approved Covid-19 views.
  • NCLA released the following statements:
    The government may not direct social media platforms to censor expression of certain viewpoints about Covid-19 or anything else.