Judge rules in case of ‘censorship’ on social networks



The ruling claims that the Biden administration likely violated the first amendment when it pressured social media companies to remove certain posts. ABC News’ Lionel Moise explains. SUBSCRIBE to ABC News: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP See more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #biden #judge #socialnetworks #abcnews #news

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45 comments

  1. The government has a right to persuade? really. An FBI Agent contacting twitter employes over and over again with enraged e-mail saying YOU MUST delete this post is what you call persuation? Government officials saying social media platforms should censor more or we will reform section 230 is persuation? That sounds more like coercion to me

  2. Funny how in your news clip shows the president giving miss information because the un vax didn't kill people… That is how you start miss information because some people's perception might take that information a different way.

  3. The worse presidency.

  4. Our founding fathers were literally geniuses.ben Franklin invented all kinds of stuff, some things we still use today.a couple hundred years later and we have joe biden huhuhuhu who can't even ride a bicycle and falls UP a flight of stairs.we're done!

  5. Anyone who puts a Pinky on the scales of a United States presidential election should go to prison for a long long time.that goes for News agencies,tech companies, politicians,law enforcement officials, anyone who suppresses information that could effect the outcome of our elections should be made into an example.

  6. The government has zero right to pay or coerce corporations to promote and demote various ideals

  7. Remember ABC is pro Censorship. They openly support Biden and this administration.

  8. Government already cannot promote or be an influence in choosing any one religion over another. Government also cannot be allowed to influence those sources from where we get our information, as a government will use that to push a single political agenda.

  9. We're winning in the comments on msnbc, abc, and all the other msm not named fox. People are starting to wake up!

  10. The White House definitely was weaponization social media…..
    DURING Trump’s Reign!
    This is just this month's attack on Biden!
    a “LOOK SEE” moment!
    Trump did it and so is Biden!
    None of the conservatives want this to actually pass, because they ALL are heavily influencing social media themselves! It's the bait and switch! Look at him not at me!

  11. 99% of the comments here are 100% correct. These comment sections give me hope.

  12. biben july 2021: you're not gonna get vid19 if you're vaxxinated
    biben:the laptop is a Russian plant
    no thanks

  13. Trust no puppet Biden, his supporters or their left wing shill news outlets EVER!!!!

  14. I love when the government attempts to suppress, censor and stifle our basic rights. It gives me that warm communist feeling

  15. They'll now attack the judges character.same thing they always do when they do something that's indefensible

  16. Banana Joe, CEO of BidenCo and Bidena Republic, speaks about the pandemic of the unvaccinated, which was proven false years ago. He is simply too corrupt and too stupid to say anything different.

  17. F LEFTISTS, F YOUTUBE, AND F WOKE POS

  18. Why must you include, "Trump appointed"? This is not political. It is an egregious attack on first amendment rights. Your rights as American. Why don't liberal news media outlets see that? Or if you do, why not report honestly on this. Disgusting.

  19. Back at it again with another one.
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  20. IMPEACH JOE BIDEN AND HARRIS GET THEM OUT OF OUR WHITEHOUSE AND GOVERMENT

  21. Telling lies are not protected by free speech!

  22. The cabbage head administration is behaving like a criminal enterprise. They keep blowing it. Excellence at failure.

  23. Biden Administration pressure social media companies to censor, Ministry of Truth.

  24. The Constitution lists all powers that the Federal Govt is allowed to have. The Fed Govt turned it around to say "What does the Constitution PROHIBIT us from doing?" and gobbling up all the powers that the States should have.

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  26. TF?
    The Government has no RIGHTS!

  27. Biden cannot BLOCK NEWS ON MEDIA CHANNELS. They don't like the cocaine in the White House, the theft of our tax dollars, the list of these criminals is endless!! WE THE PEOPLE DESERVE UNCENSORED NEWS ABOUT THE BIDEN CORRUPTION! Great judge. Thank you!

  28. Thankful for the first amendment to keep the government from becoming a dictatorship. Government officials can't censor citizens or request others to do so.

  29. In Oct. 2020 just weeks before the election the FBI bullied Twitter to take down the NY Post account and censor all stories about the Hunter Biden laptop saying it was Russian disinformation when the FBI had already verified it was Hunter's laptop! So the FBI lied to Twitter! THIS IS CLEAR SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH AND WAS INTERFERING WITH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!*

  30. In Oct. 2020 the FBI bullied Twitter to take down the NY Post account and censor all stories about the Hunter Biden laptop saying it was Russian disinformation when the FBI had already verified it was Hunter's laptop! So the FBI lied to Twitter! THIS IS CLEAR SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH AND WAS INTERFERING WITH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!

  31. July 15, 2021 White House news conference about Covid: “We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” said former Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki! ““it’s important to take faster action against harmful posts…and Facebook needs to move more quickly to remove harmful violative posts.” One of those ‘harmful posts’ was that the virus started in the Wuhan lab – WHICH WAS TRUE! That’s just one of many, many examples of the Biden administration suppressing free speech! And the judge himself gave example after example in his opinion!

  32. MEDIA you will be next he is definitely a Trump supporter
    This definitely needs to be investigated by the DOJ.. he is definitely a Trump supporter and showing his bais in his ruling…. I think his decision needs to be over ruled.. he is definitely going after the Democrats and Independents when Trump did it it was Okay Noooo this Judge definitely needs this decision be overturned… Republicians Democratics and Independents need to be outtaged over this decision bcuz it will come backnto bite them as well. Lawyer's jump on this NOW immediately appeal this case bcuz you can see this judge on this ruling is bais and if the Supreme Court rules in favor thisv in my opinion it is time to maybe makes some changes to the courts it is obvious that the American citizens are Nobody and they don't care and are being prejudice right before our eyes if you are not thinking the Republician way that is not a Democracy in my opinion

  33. They used this to censor doctors from telling you the truth about Covid and the jab. Now we have people upset in here about this ruling. If u want media bias just stick to cnn if u want open debate on public forum you should support this ruling no matter the party. Stop being brainwashed

  34. Haha Democrats lose again.

  35. This is fascism and what the Biden regime did was fascist.

  36. 0:27 Rachel meadows videos and tweets about the vaccine stopping covid and the spread are still around. Why that miss info not taking down

  37. So now the government can only continue project mocking bird

  38. So we can speak freely now?🧐

  39. i'm noticing a trend… literally everything that I call out gets laughed at and ridiculed mercilessly by democrats, and then a few months later an investigation and judge prove me right. it was plainly obvious that the government was working in tandem with the TNI to censor free speech in America during covid. Not only censor free speech and truth, but also promote lies about the data behind vaccine efficacy. per usual, we will get a life sentence for marijuana possession, while the government will get a "whoopsies" for censoring free speech in the free world. any and all government personnel involved in censoring free speech should get a mandatory minimum life sentence without possibility of parole. there needs to be a clear message sent to the government: if you willingly and purposefully work against the constitution of the united states, you get sentenced to a penalty so harsh that there will be no hope for you.

    consider this. this very comment would have resulted in an instant ban from social media if I had posted it just a few years ago. not only an instant ban, but paypal and venmo would have instantly seized all of my money and taken everything from me. we haven't lived in a free market capitalist society in a looooooong long time. we live in a dystopian oligopoly where the individual taxpayers literally have zero rights before the government of the united states. I've never been so embarrassed to be an American on the 4th of July before. this place is an affront to any and all good in the world.

  40. Hell if you guys actually reported news instead of being told what to say your ratings might go back up.

  41. So, consequences. "Don't do it again"? He used his political power to violate the 1st amendment and interfered in our right to information, and no consequences…? Is anybody questioning what is going on here?

  42. This present is a big idiot he don't know what he's doing set destroying everything

  43. It's been going on for about a year and a half in Facebook is not shut down yet I think this is all a big rumor going around this room has been going around for 3 or 4 years about Facebook shutting down

  44. What shock politicians lie to citizen time for change