July 5, 2023
Glenn Greenwald wrote:
“This ruling is so vital. The first to:
1) acknowledge the systemic program of the US Govt to pressure/coerce Big Tech to censor for it;
2) apply established 1st Am principles that the state is barred from pressuring private actors to censor for it;
3) banned its continuation:”
Michael Schellingberg wrote:
“Experts said yesterday’s anti-censorship court ruling was too badly written to be implemented, but it’s already working. The State Department today canceled its regular Wednesday meeting with Facebook, and all future meetings, “pending further guidance.”
https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/missouri-biden-judge-censorship-ruling-analysis/
This ruling is so vital. The first to:
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 6, 2023
1) acknowledge the systemic program of the US Govt to pressure/coerce Big Tech to censor for it;
2) apply established 1st Am principles that the state is barred from pressuring private actors to censor for it;
3) banned its continuation: https://t.co/m5lXYheywU