@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe
Facebook is more powerful than the United States Supreme Court #ExposeFacebook https://t.co/OxRzlW7JWj
@Project_Veritas - Project Veritas
BREAKING: @Facebook and @Instagram have just REMOVED our video confronting @YouTube VP of Trust & Safety saying it was a violation of “Community Standards” on “Privacy” and have threatened to restrict and disable our accounts https://t.co/WIUBD32tEf
@Project_Veritas - Project Veritas
Here is the video they removed https://t.co/ktvXRJawN2
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This case was filed last May by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with private plaintiffs, against numerous agencies in the federal government. Plaintiffs alleged that the government (including the FBI, White House, Surgeon General, CISA, among many others) were forcing social media companies to censor speech by threat.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This case was filed last May by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with private plaintiffs, against numerous agencies in the federal government. Plaintiffs alleged that the government (including the FBI, White House, Surgeon General, CISA, among many others) were forcing social media companies to censor speech by threat.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The Plaintiffs wanted a temporary injunction to STOP this activity as their case moved to trial. Judge Terry Doughty granted them expedited limited discovery and deposition to get the information they needed to prove a temporary injunction was warranted.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Of course, the government fought this the entire way, but ultimately were widely unsuccessful. The information plaintiffs received was absolutely mind blowing. For certain the government was coercing social media companies to censorship— the discovery proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
It came time for a hearing on the injunction, and I traveled to Louisiana for that hearing. It was 8 hours long, and absolutely damning for the government. If you see the post I placed in the first post in this thread, you can scroll down and read all about it.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Since that hearing, I have been honored to do several spaces with @ThaWoodChipper, who also understands the importance of this monumental civil rights case. It is the most important civil rights case in the modern era, hands down. We waited patiently for the ruling… And on July 4th, we got it.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
On July 4th, the district court under an absolutely AMAZING judge in Terry Doughty, ruled in FAVOR of the Plaintiffs. Here is where you need to pay attention. Everything this judge wrote in his ruling is a PROVEN FACT in a court of law. In a 155 page ruling, the judge METICULOUSLY dissected the record and rendered a judgement.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I threaded this ruling when it happened, and you can find it on my “highlights” page - but I want to make something clear; the fact set the judge is relying on here came from EXTREMELY limited discovery and deposition from ONLY the government Defendants.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, the ruling was for a temporary injunction to STOP the government from the following while carving out some exceptions for them, AS THE REST OF THE CASE PROGRESSED THROUGH DISCOVERY AND TO TRIAL. Read this very carefully.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This list is going to be very important as we move forward through this thread, so please bookmark this for reference moving forward. So, the government obviously appealed this to the 5th circuit. The court heard the appeal in an expedited fashion (for them) and yesterday, THEIR opinion was filed.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
It is hard to completely rehash all of the reporting I have done over the past year and some months in a short update, but basically the government argued that they weren’t threatening anyone ever and everything we got in discovery was nonsense and misinterpreted, and the 3 judge panel of the court of appeals had to listen to that, while reviewing the DETAILED fact set the judge had ruled on in the order for the injunction.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, quickly, what we are about to go through is the 5th circuits decision on whether or not to UPHOLD the ruling that Judge Doughty made barring the government agencies listed from the actions listed above in the 4 set screenshot, or to REVERSE that ruling. It isn’t about the entire case— ONLY the temporary injunction.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I am probably 70/30 on how this panned out, but the details are important. The government asked that if the court should rule against them, they put a stay (pause) on the order for 10 days so that they could appeal it to the SCOTUS. The 5th did that, so the ruling they just laid down is PAUSED for 10 more days while the government attempts to write to the SCOTUS convincing them that they SHOULD be able to force social media companies to censor you. Chew on that for a minute.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Also, in the interim while we waited for this decision, I had the honor of interviewing both @AGAndrewBailey from Missouri, and @AGJeffLandry from Louisiana. Both are WONDERFUL examples of what you want in a state Attorney General. For links, see: Andrew Bailey: https://rumble.com/v342ndn-dark-to-light-missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey.html Jeff Landry: https://rumble.com/v36i7oh-dark-to-light-missouri-v.-biden-and-ag-jeff-landry.html
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@AGAndrewBailey @AGJeffLandry We are about to travel through 74 pages together.. Grab coffee, whatever, and off we go. Here is the link to the decision, and here is a summary of what we are about to dissect as best we can. LINK: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640.238.1.pdf
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, the court agrees the government is guilty of what is alleged, but not for ALL of the officials that Judge Doughty did. Remember, everything is based on the limited discovery they were able to receive, but I wholeheartedly disagree with this, and we will go through the reasons why. Still, the fact this was affirmed AT ALL is a massive, massive win.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@AGAndrewBailey @AGJeffLandry They summarized much more concisely than I ever could… https://t.co/mOVcbQlst9
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
1. The White House and Surgeon General - taken together Here the appeals court affirms that the WH and SG requested social media companies remove posts and pressured them to do so. It also affirms that they also monitored the platforms moderation activities, demanded information from them about their policies, “Always, the officials asked for more data and stronger interventions” said the 5th.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
From the beginning the platforms cooperated - even creating special tools, but as officials began to demand more from them, the platforms worked to “appease” government officials, “eager” to stay in their good graces. https://t.co/JRstpgWUIH
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Remember, everything in this decision REAFFIRMS a fact pattern. Here the 5th affirms that the WH and SG attempted to interfere with the platforms own POLICY creation. This is so important. The government can not do this. https://t.co/Xs82GI5HzO
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Here the court affirms that platforms changed their moderation policy after instruction from the government… Tsk Tsk “…they also changed their moderation policies expressly in accordance with the officials’ wishes…” https://t.co/k1bN5Pxz11
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
As an aside, I don’t want to hear ONE PERSON come at any of us who have been saying this for years and say it is “misinformation” any longer. This is now affirmed both in congress and in two courts - a district court and the court of appeals of the United States. @krassenstein and @EdKrassen argued with me in a space once that this is all totally untrue. I hope they will revise their positions. I wont hold my breath.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The discovery proved that the changes many of the platforms enacted coincided closely with meeting between the WH and SG and the platforms. And even when they didn’t adopt the changes, they censored content that DID NOT BREAK their terms of service after that content was flagged by the government.. Again, marinate on it…
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@krassenstein At the same time as they were demoting normal Americans, the social media platforms capitulated to government demands to “amplify” (inorganically) the governments “approved” narrative, specifically in this case when it pertained to vaccines for COVID. https://t.co/asT2LPmGow
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I want everyone to think about the above for a moment. They were forcing inorganic amplification so people would be fooled into thinking the vaccine was “safe and effective” when one of them was REMOVED because it wasn’t. The sheer evil behind the obvious is unbelievable.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even with all of that, the ministry of truth wasn’t happy, scolding platforms for not doing enough, and trying to coerce them to do more. All of this to get that needle in your arm, consequences be damned… https://t.co/u1Ws27lq1M
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And here the court details the infamous press conference, where Jen Psaki and Vivek Murthy *expressly threatened* the platforms from the bully pulpit, even singling out certain accounts.. This was the ultimate in authoritarianism, and the 5th circuit agrees. https://t.co/pfuKR2Dl6a
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“The platforms responded with total compliance. Their answer was four-fold.” The social media companies responded with child like obedience to daddy government. You can’t make this up. https://t.co/7KdEbIZtoF
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They changed their internal policies in response to the presser… https://t.co/6mUxhGE6FP
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They removed speakers (like the so called “disinfo dozen” that they HAD NOT BEEN targeting BEFORE the press conference, and they continued to inorganically amplify the government’s content. https://t.co/CoBxeDgV0A
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even this wasn’t enough for the ministry of truth. They continued their public threats, invoking Section 230 protection as a cudgel for MORE action, and using the office of the President as a backbone for that threat. https://t.co/lSVh0dUC71
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“Next, we turn to the CDC” says the 5th panel. They behaved much like the White House and Surgeon General. They flagged posts with supposed “misinformation” and actively sought to promote its “official” position over others. They also provided direct guidance to the platforms on the application of their internal policy and moderation activities.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They had BOLO (Be on the Lookout) meetings on “misinformation” hot topics. They asked for moderation changes, and they OUTRIGHT DIRECTED platforms to take certain actions. Direct violation of the constitution. Platforms began relying on the CDC to “Debunk” posts it wasn’t sure about.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And now, the good ol’ FBI. They regularly met with platforms, at least since the 2020 election. They shared “Strategic information” to alert them to “misinformation” trends in the lead up to the elections. https://t.co/yvtGq79TMf
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Per their operations, the FBI monitored platforms moderation policies and asked for “detailed assessments” during regular meetings. Some platforms changed their TOS to be able to comply with the FBI. While the government boasted that *only* 50% of the domestic (I repeat - DOMESTIC) content they wanted to remove was removed, the court didn’t find that so beneficial for them.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This is going to be the part where my disappointment comes in…But, again, this isn’t the CASE decision, its the decision on the injunction only.. They talk about NIAID, CISA, and the State Department. NIAID and Fauci didn’t have regular contact with platforms or flag, they mainly appeared on Live Streams and podcasts and had those amplified. CISA and the SD directly engaged with the platforms and discussed the tools and techniques that foreign influence actors would use.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The State Department didn’t flag content, but CISA did, acting as an intermediary for third party groups and then “switch boarding” based off of the EIP and CIS. The officials actions “apparently led to content being removed or demoted by the recipient platforms” https://t.co/KuNQmkYwuW
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Relying on the fact set above, the district court concluded that the officials coerced platforms to remove content and change their moderation policies, and therefore were likely to succeed on the merits, granting the injunction. https://t.co/3vpLFQuWg7
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
LEGAL THEORY: On standing - Any ONE plaintiff that demonstrates ongoing harm or continued injury is enough to pass the standing argument, a fact that was argued eloquently by the Plaintiff attorney in court. https://t.co/1CGDLZqSRK
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government is arguing that Plaintiffs dont have standing because they can’t prove a FUTURE injury. Here the court goes over their PAST injury. But the court doesn’t agree with the government. They believe there is ongoing injury and there will be future injury as well. https://t.co/Gfmm96ScvQ
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I want to stop for a second (again) and go over how monumental this actually is. This is the first time ever that a normal “user” or American has submitted evidence of social media censorship and had their concerns ADDRESSED at all by a COURT OF LAW.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Another HUGE precedent set here - the past chilling of their speech has caused individuals to SELF CENSOR. That is considered ongoing harm. This is a massive and very important section. https://t.co/vfa8NBIywk
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“As the Supreme Court has recognized, this chilling of the Individual Plaintiffs exercise of their First Amendment Rights, is, itself, a constitutionally sufficient injury.” They rule that the fears motivating the self censorship aren’t hypothetical, and come from very real censorship injuries they have previously suffered… Legal Eagles, affirm for me the importance of JUST this paragraph.. Amazing.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government had tried to argue that ongoing harms were not going to occur because, for example, Twitter had “stopped” enforcing its COVID misinformation policy. But the court disagrees, saying that they have been censored for views well beyond COVID. Continued next— very important.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Here is something ANYONE who is considering any sort of lawsuit needs to consider. The court here aptly notes that plaintiffs aren’t suing the platforms over their TOS, they are suing to stop the GOVERNMENT from interfering with platforms. Also - the government admitted in oral argument that they are STILL in contact with these platforms today. TLDR; the court doesn’t trust that the government isn’t still forcing social media companies to censor..
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This is GRAND. The government argued that because the users had been REINSTATED, all is well. The court rightly says no. The fact that they WERE REINSTATED is what causes the threat of ongoing harm. If they didn’t have an account, they wouldn’t have to worry about censorship— they wouldn’t be able to post. Masterful.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The first standing hurdle, crossed and landed for Plaintiffs. This means any chance of appeal on standing to SCOTUS is likely a failure. The government had argued this standing issue over, and over, and over and have been shot down every single time. Now that is reinforced yet again. This case isn’t going ANYWHERE.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The Plaintiffs had to show that their injuries were traceable to conduct of the government. Government argued that since the content moderation policies were in place in the Trump administration, and also because moderation decisions were made independently by the social media companies. They had no standing. However, the plaintiffs aren’t challenging the policies themselves, but whether they can be traced back to government actors. The appeals court agrees with the district court that yes, they can be.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even though there were instances where social media companies declined to censor, the Plaintiffs only have to show the likelihood they would comply, not certainty. The logical conclusion is that they would, based on the preliminary discovery they received.. https://t.co/iBBr8Z4vGw
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And I want to again stress, this was LIMITED discovery. The judge in the district court had made it a point in an order to let the government know that this was a mere scintilla of what would be required for production moving forward. So position this for yourselves - all of this is coming from an EXTREMELY limited production of evidence, which will now broaden to include more officials, more agency heads, more PRIVATE companies, like Facebook, Google, and X, that will be subpoenaed and deposed for evidence at trial.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Next on standing, the Plaintiffs had to prove that their injuries could be redressed by a favorable decision on the injunction. https://t.co/yr5tIK2Usd
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Again, key here is that the Plaintiffs aren’t challenging the social media companies policies themselves, rather they asked for the government from being restrained from unlawfully interfering with their independent application of those policies. https://t.co/kut8vbUl2L
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And IMPORTANTLY, the government had argued that the state plaintiffs didn’t have standing. That goes right down the trash shoot here, and it is a BIG deal. States were censored by platforms. This court determines they have standing as well. https://t.co/CSJYbS0iVE
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And an interesting little tidbit here. Other state officials have experienced censorship as well, so this isn’t limited to just Missouri and Louisiana. https://t.co/lLRibdfomG
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And next, a very important part of the 1st Amendment that often goes undiscussed. THE RIGHT TO LISTEN. Constituent plaintiffs were harmed by the censorship of their elected representatives, and the elected representatives and states are harmed WHEN THEY CAN NOT HEAR their constituents. This was discussed at length in my interview with @AGJeffLandry
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The appeals court rules that Plaintiffs have standing - finally putting that issue to bed (hopefully) and also the court makes sure to include that even the CDC admitted the need to “hear” citizens. It may be for a different reason for them, but if you think about it - if the government couldn’t “hear” what we are all saying, they wouldn’t know what narrative they needed to craft to counter the truth… Goes both ways. NEXT!
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
There is a high bar to hit to even be granted an injunction. You must meet four criteria, as detailed below. 1. You are likely to succeed on the merits of your case. 2. There is a “substantial threat that you will suffer “irreparable injury” without it. 3. The injury you could sustain outweighs whatever “harm” the injunction could cause the other side 4. An injunction doesn’t disserve the public interest.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
FRAME THIS. “The Plaintiffs allege that federal officials ran afoul of the First Amendment by coercing and significantly encouraging social media platforms to censor disfavored speech, including by threats of adverse government action like antitrust enforcement and legal reforms. WE AGREE”
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government CAN NOT abridge free speech. Private parties are not normally constrained by the first amendment. Again, the importance of this can not be understated. We are here because they government acted through threats to social media companies to censor “disfavored” viewpoints. Every case against a social media company for their TOS or their censorship moves has failed because Plaintiffs have targeted the social media company rather than the government. One exception I know of off the top of my head is the Berenson case, and he settled.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Took a quick pause for my carnivore lunch. Back in a moment.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
My thread broke here for some reason. No, I didn't take a VERY extended carnivore lunch..... https://t.co/hSVRWeyvDG
@DrLoupis - Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis
Instagram and Facebook just shut down all my accounts permanently with thousands of pictures and videos of my kids, friends, and family. They shut down my FB doctor page, my personal FB and my Instagram. There is absolutely nothing that goes against the Community guidelines. What do I do? I’m totally heartbroken.
@HawleyMO - Josh Hawley
While Facebook was ignoring child sex abuse material on their platform, they were gleefully censoring speech on Covid and school board meetings at the behest of the Biden Administration. Priorities. https://t.co/DjhBsQbZHY
@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok
BREAKING: @facebook just suspended Libs of TikTok. They claim we violated community standards.
@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok was suspended from @facebook today. The censorship is ramping up as we head into the 2024 elections. Buckle up! https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-libs-of-tiktok-suspended-from-facebook-for-violating-community-standards?utm_campaign=64499
@TexasLindsay_ - Te𝕏asLindsay™
How to get deleted in the digital world: continue using Meta, Google & YouTube. Zuckerberg deleted this woman—a fitness influencer—after she shared her myocarditis diagnosis with her followers. https://t.co/VqP8yWDtfA
@stkirsch - Steve Kirsch
Wow. Look at how Facebook suppresses speech:
@DaveBondyTV - Dave Bondy
🚨Look at this🚨 My friend sent me this. Facebook removed a post urging people to help hurricane victims. Seriously? @elonmusk https://t.co/eN1cofqk8a
@shaneyyricch - shaneyyricch
This video I posted on Facebook last night just got TAKEN DOWN after amassing over 1.2 million views for “misinformation.” Watch till end and you’ll know exactly why. https://t.co/LRBNpnwO9S
@shaneyyricch - shaneyyricch
Dude. I just posted this video on Facebook - and after it amassed over 2.7 million views they removed it for “misinformation.” Watch it till the end and you’ll know exactly why. https://t.co/n50JRVBEPP
@shaneyyricch - shaneyyricch
WTF? This video just got TAKEN DOWN for “hate speech” on Facebook after it amassed 650k views in less than 24 hours. I wonder why… https://t.co/VmOAamnec9
@sav_says_ - Savanah Hernandez
Meta’s Instagram just censored my report exposing how illegal immigrants are using Facebook to buy fake IDs and social security cards across the US. I originally posted this back in May, but they just took it down 6 days before the election? https://t.co/bunJJIJ7Vg
@sav_says_ - Savanah Hernandez
Wouldn’t be election year without a little bit of censorship right? https://t.co/mEMZguZNO8
@Unitedcajunnavy - United Cajun Navy
#Facebook has restricted our page and is now threatening to shut us down because "we're making the government look bad and it may influence the election." They refuse to tell us which "community standards" we've violated, and any attempt to fix it gets a convenient error message. WTF?! #CajunNavy @X friends: Help us fight censorship! https://unitedcajunnavy.org/
@piersmorgan - Piers Morgan
This is hilarious.. @instagram has taken down my congratulations pic/msg to @realDonaldTrump on the grounds that it’s ’hate speech.’ https://t.co/m0V8GkDWH2
@LauraLoomer - Laura Loomer
Facebook is also now deleting posts off of the suspected shooters’ account. I’m watching it in real time.
@BrandonStraka - Brandon Straka #WalkAway
Then restore #WalkAway Campaign, and give my team their personal accounts back. @finkd Facebook deleted the #WalkAway Campaign group and the personal and business accounts of every admin of the group with no explanation or opportunity for redress. https://t.co/aX0QupAD1d
@SarahisCensored - Sarah Fields
Harry Sisson’s mob has begun mass-reporting me on TikTok. They even got a video from two weeks ago removed just now and restricted five other videos. My account was in perfect health this morning. https://t.co/1ZhnIREGA5
@jakeshieldsajj - Jake Shields
Patriot Front posted this video and had their account deleted If this is the free speech app why isn't Thomas Rousseau allowed free speech? https://t.co/v5amm3JE6R
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
🧵 X The Digital Devil's Den 🧵 The place we call X, formally Twitter the Social Media Platform, is anything but that. What lies on the surface is the censorship, propaganda, grifts, scams, and lies, imposing psychological manipulation of the public. What's below is far worse! https://t.co/eaY4nlFiU5
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
As most probably already know, I shed light on some incredibly uncomfortable horrors that exist on X hidden casually in hashtags. These hashtags allowed predators to communicate and mass distribute amongest each other. To make matters worse X is completely aware and complict. https://t.co/v17bN7w0Jt
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
This disturbing material is not there by accident. It had ZERO Guardrails unlike what you see on the surface level of X's Moderation. Many posts are labeled by different categories and some are even given the sensitive content warning, however none of it was implemented here. https://t.co/0MX9CTkIUX
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
The lack of Guardrails in place and the fact it was so easily roaming free looks intentional rather than neglectful. They have the technology to remove all of this right now, but they do not, even when they know it exists. If that doesn't have you saying WTF, brace yourself. https://t.co/noUD4f42tp
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
Many kept wondering why the algorithm was never changing regarding censorship. It's because this algorithm is not only used to just control narratives, but also to hide what's below. It's all part of the same system created by Twitter that's now doing the exact same thing. https://t.co/3wM7NX2xvy
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
It's safe to assume that this stuff has been going on for a very long time. This isn't some nightmare shadow part of internet that they tell people about. It is downloadable right from the app store, disguised as social media, and hidden right under your noses using hashtags. https://t.co/8FDMYE9Qtc
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
If your not completely disgusted yet, well it gets worse. Notice how all your "Save the Children" Grifters have been silent. This is because X is their Gravy Train and they don't want to disrupt that. For them the money and the clout are more important, some even defending X. https://t.co/HcW1uaitHO
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
While you are reading this and others scroll their timeline oblivious to what is sitting right below the surface, these illegal activities continue. If anyone says these things cannot be combated they are completely ignorant. Truth Social has none of this grotesque content. https://t.co/SfIcgb3VOH
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
Other social media platforms, not just X, have the capabilities to remove all of it too. This problem is likely much greater on larger platforms like Facebook who have also been scrutinized for similar reasons. They all seem to share the same business model, profits over kids. https://t.co/AicommM9k9
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
Here's the thing though, it's not just about the profits, there has to be a more important reason not to remove it. I greatly suspect there are some high levels of blackmail going on which allow this to continue so blatantly. All of this can't possibly be true though, right? https://t.co/5SXNQq1tv1
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
Let me remind of all the corrupt things they used social media for in the past like swaying elections, suspending a sitting President, censorship of information, psychological manipulation of the public, and getting rich doing all of that. They are very capable of all of this! https://t.co/f0J75j17g3
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
Now X has swiftly implemented Xchat, not as a tool for your security, but as a tool of obscurity for these continued nefarious activities. Once they have their Xmoney implemented then then this place becomes a 1 stop shop for all types of criminal activity. A Virtual Cesspool! https://t.co/uK69ESg73b
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
X has quite literally become the Mark of the Beast not just by name, but by how it operates. You need to pay into the system through the Blue Check in order to make money in the System. You must then have certain numbers to show your commitment to being part of the System. https://t.co/Uvlp2pEsii
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
If this whole thing isn't screaming out the big picture for you yet, let me make it simple. There exists a Digital Epstein Island below the surface level world on X and it's being funded by just you being on here. These dark corners must be scrubbed from existence forever. https://t.co/b3WnWkSzLV
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
If social media platforms continue to go unpunished for this illegal activity happening on their platform, then the existence of it will remain for eternity. Are you willing to remain using this platform knowing what you know now? At what point are you willing draw the line?? https://t.co/IEGUb3IjVd
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
MAGA was willing to boycott Budlight because of Dylan Mulvaney, yet they won't boycott X for far worse. For me, I can no longer stay here in good conscience. The profound depths of evil things that exist on this platform is something I want no part of, so I must leave for good. https://t.co/wuM0dHS6oJ
@The1Parzival - THE PARZIVAL
I know I have shared a lot of uncomfortable truths with everyone over the last few years. Hopefully it has been enlightening for you. My work here is now done, but if you wish to continue the conversation, please join me on Truth Social where these terrible things do not exist. https://t.co/1qEvdoxycI
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Five years ago, one of the most tyrannical smear and censorship campaigns in history was unleashed on a 17-year-old boy.🧵/1
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
After two nights of riots in Kenosha, WI, Kyle Rittenhouse volunteered to clean up the destruction and protect the immigrant Indian family business Car Source, whose car lots were burned the previous nights. He brought his lifeguard medical kit to provide first aid. /2
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Videos published that night clearly show KR being attacked. A gunshot is fired behind KR as he runs from a masked man lunging at him. KR shoots him. Then, KR is chased by a mob, hit in the head, kicked in the face, and hit with a skateboard before firing again in self-defense./3
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
But the media misinformed the masses. MSNBC's Kelly Clarkson cut out not only the jump-kick but the entire chase, describing the 17-year-old, who fell after running away and being hit in the head, as "a man sitting in the middle of the street waving a gun at people running by". /4
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber" also edited out crucial moments. His audience never saw KR kicked in the face and hit with the skateboard before shots rang out. "Now this will be paused before that actual shot. That's part of our standards," Melber told viewers. /5
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Without showing the video at all, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" described it to viewers as KR "just running around shooting and killing protesters". Over at CNN, Anderson Cooper described the "white teenager" as the attacker in "a shooting attack on protesters." /6
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman spread the misinformation that KR was "shooting into a crowd," emphasizing that KR was a "white man". /7
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Some Fox News pundits also rushed to judgment. Chris Wallace said there was "no justification" for KR's self-defense, and Marie Harf repeatedly described KR as guilty of "murder", just two days after the shooting, over a year before trial. /8
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
The next day, Facebook labeled KR a "mass murderer", affecting how the boy would be seen by billions —approx 35% of the world population. Facebook's CEO told CBS, "We spent a long time looking into this deeply, and we've designated him as a mass murderer." /9
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
FB deleted KR's accounts and censored all search results for "Kyle Rittenhouse". The other Big Tech giants—the most trafficked sites in the world—also censored the public discourse, including Google, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Some of it continues to this day. /10
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Instagram removed comments sympathizing with KR when he cried on the stand as he recounted having his life threatened by a large man with a gun, being ambushed, running away, and eventually being forced to defend himself. /11
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Twitter censored the words "Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong," labeling the support for the 17-year-old who was attacked, "glorifying violence". Users were forced to delete these tweets to continue using Twitter. /12
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
TikTok removed even the most cordial discourse, accusing it of "harassment and bullying", like this clip from @brad_polumboWith /13
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Meanwhile, it was not considered bullying for the nation's most powerful lawmakers to call for KR's extrajudicial imprisonment and spread lies about him across the country. Lawmakers falsely accused KR of being a "white supremacist" and "terrorist". /14
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
As the online public discourse in KR's favor was systemically suppressed, the media continued to call him a murderer, ignoring key facts, and instead focusing on the utterly insignificant detail that KR "crossed state lines" as if it were a crime. /15
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
When Senate candidate @JoshMandelOhio shared a meme mocking the incessantly repeated "crossed state lines" character attack, Facebook censored his post and threatened to delete his entire account. /16
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
FB also censored video creator Mark Dice for sharing a non-graphic video of KR offering medical care to an injured protester. Although KR was not a certified EMT, he was a certified lifeguard with additional medical training and bandaged the protester's injured foot. /17
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
GoFundMe shut down KR's campaign to raise money for bail and legal defense. Both FB & Twitter censored users who shared other links to donate, including KR's own lawyer and mother. When KR’s mom shared a link to donate to, Twitter disabled the retweet button. /18
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Discover, one of the world's largest payment companies, blocked donations to KR's GiveSendGo fundraiser. Discover did this without public announcement, but confirmed its actions after an internal email leaked. /19
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
When KR's family attempted to raise defense funds by selling "Free Kyle" t-shirts, the printing platform terminated the online store because they said KR's case was "controversial" and "complex". /20
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Shopify, the largest e-commerce platform in the world, also banned the sale of KR shirts, which were being sold to raise KR defense funds. /21
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
To this day (even after KR's acquittal), Google, Yahoo, Duck Duck Go, and Bing ban searches for Kyle Rittenhouse merch in their marketplaces. Yet they allow searches for merchandise of convicted serial killers and actual mass murderers, like Jeffrey Dahmer. /22
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Miraculously, after 87 days behind bars, KR raised enough funds to pay the $2 million bail. Then, after enduring over a year's worth of smears and censorship, he would successfully defend himself again—this time in the courtroom. A jury acquitted him of all charges. /23
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Despite the overwhelming exculpatory evidence that led to his acquittal, the censorship had a huge impact on public opinion. Nearly half the population was thoroughly convinced that KR is a murderous monster. /24
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
Full story at http://Orf.Report! /25 Please support my feature-length documentary, "Killing Kenosha" GiveSendGo.com/KillingKenosha…
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
@MrDylanKrug Wow, what I photo. You take that yourself? I'd love to see whatever else was recorded by this photographer. I'm making a feature-length doc. https://t.co/zEX8ImEg7N
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
@PaulGaier1 It wasn’t just your Canadian coworker. It was all over the mainstream media in the US too. https://t.co/sNeNrRtAhh
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
@mazemoore 🙏
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
@CaplingerMi I know this is a joke but he didn't fire into a crowd. Huber didn't beat women as far as I know. But he did strangle and threaten his brother with a knife. And calling Grosskreutz a "career criminal" is a giant stretch.
@0rf - Matt Orfalea
@pmcall Or "Making a Murderer"
@ShaykhSulaiman - Sulaiman Ahmed
I quoted @LauraLoomer. She said all Muslims, I specified it to Jewish Zionists. My posts was determined to be ‘Hateful Conduct’ Two Tier System https://t.co/3zkiivzHYg
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This case was filed last May by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with private plaintiffs, against numerous agencies in the federal government. Plaintiffs alleged that the government (including the FBI, White House, Surgeon General, CISA, among many others) were forcing social media companies to censor speech by threat.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This case was filed last May by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with private plaintiffs, against numerous agencies in the federal government. Plaintiffs alleged that the government (including the FBI, White House, Surgeon General, CISA, among many others) were forcing social media companies to censor speech by threat.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The Plaintiffs wanted a temporary injunction to STOP this activity as their case moved to trial. Judge Terry Doughty granted them expedited limited discovery and deposition to get the information they needed to prove a temporary injunction was warranted.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Of course, the government fought this the entire way, but ultimately were widely unsuccessful. The information plaintiffs received was absolutely mind blowing. For certain the government was coercing social media companies to censorship— the discovery proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
It came time for a hearing on the injunction, and I traveled to Louisiana for that hearing. It was 8 hours long, and absolutely damning for the government. If you see the post I placed in the first post in this thread, you can scroll down and read all about it.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Since that hearing, I have been honored to do several spaces with @ThaWoodChipper, who also understands the importance of this monumental civil rights case. It is the most important civil rights case in the modern era, hands down. We waited patiently for the ruling… And on July 4th, we got it.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
On July 4th, the district court under an absolutely AMAZING judge in Terry Doughty, ruled in FAVOR of the Plaintiffs. Here is where you need to pay attention. Everything this judge wrote in his ruling is a PROVEN FACT in a court of law. In a 155 page ruling, the judge METICULOUSLY dissected the record and rendered a judgement.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I threaded this ruling when it happened, and you can find it on my “highlights” page - but I want to make something clear; the fact set the judge is relying on here came from EXTREMELY limited discovery and deposition from ONLY the government Defendants.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, the ruling was for a temporary injunction to STOP the government from the following while carving out some exceptions for them, AS THE REST OF THE CASE PROGRESSED THROUGH DISCOVERY AND TO TRIAL. Read this very carefully.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This list is going to be very important as we move forward through this thread, so please bookmark this for reference moving forward. So, the government obviously appealed this to the 5th circuit. The court heard the appeal in an expedited fashion (for them) and yesterday, THEIR opinion was filed.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
It is hard to completely rehash all of the reporting I have done over the past year and some months in a short update, but basically the government argued that they weren’t threatening anyone ever and everything we got in discovery was nonsense and misinterpreted, and the 3 judge panel of the court of appeals had to listen to that, while reviewing the DETAILED fact set the judge had ruled on in the order for the injunction.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, quickly, what we are about to go through is the 5th circuits decision on whether or not to UPHOLD the ruling that Judge Doughty made barring the government agencies listed from the actions listed above in the 4 set screenshot, or to REVERSE that ruling. It isn’t about the entire case— ONLY the temporary injunction.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I am probably 70/30 on how this panned out, but the details are important. The government asked that if the court should rule against them, they put a stay (pause) on the order for 10 days so that they could appeal it to the SCOTUS. The 5th did that, so the ruling they just laid down is PAUSED for 10 more days while the government attempts to write to the SCOTUS convincing them that they SHOULD be able to force social media companies to censor you. Chew on that for a minute.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Also, in the interim while we waited for this decision, I had the honor of interviewing both @AGAndrewBailey from Missouri, and @AGJeffLandry from Louisiana. Both are WONDERFUL examples of what you want in a state Attorney General. For links, see: Andrew Bailey: https://rumble.com/v342ndn-dark-to-light-missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey.html Jeff Landry: https://rumble.com/v36i7oh-dark-to-light-missouri-v.-biden-and-ag-jeff-landry.html
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@AGAndrewBailey @AGJeffLandry We are about to travel through 74 pages together.. Grab coffee, whatever, and off we go. Here is the link to the decision, and here is a summary of what we are about to dissect as best we can. LINK: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640/gov.uscourts.ca5.214640.238.1.pdf
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
So, the court agrees the government is guilty of what is alleged, but not for ALL of the officials that Judge Doughty did. Remember, everything is based on the limited discovery they were able to receive, but I wholeheartedly disagree with this, and we will go through the reasons why. Still, the fact this was affirmed AT ALL is a massive, massive win.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@AGAndrewBailey @AGJeffLandry They summarized much more concisely than I ever could… https://t.co/mOVcbQlst9
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
1. The White House and Surgeon General - taken together Here the appeals court affirms that the WH and SG requested social media companies remove posts and pressured them to do so. It also affirms that they also monitored the platforms moderation activities, demanded information from them about their policies, “Always, the officials asked for more data and stronger interventions” said the 5th.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
From the beginning the platforms cooperated - even creating special tools, but as officials began to demand more from them, the platforms worked to “appease” government officials, “eager” to stay in their good graces. https://t.co/JRstpgWUIH
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Remember, everything in this decision REAFFIRMS a fact pattern. Here the 5th affirms that the WH and SG attempted to interfere with the platforms own POLICY creation. This is so important. The government can not do this. https://t.co/Xs82GI5HzO
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Here the court affirms that platforms changed their moderation policy after instruction from the government… Tsk Tsk “…they also changed their moderation policies expressly in accordance with the officials’ wishes…” https://t.co/k1bN5Pxz11
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
As an aside, I don’t want to hear ONE PERSON come at any of us who have been saying this for years and say it is “misinformation” any longer. This is now affirmed both in congress and in two courts - a district court and the court of appeals of the United States. @krassenstein and @EdKrassen argued with me in a space once that this is all totally untrue. I hope they will revise their positions. I wont hold my breath.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The discovery proved that the changes many of the platforms enacted coincided closely with meeting between the WH and SG and the platforms. And even when they didn’t adopt the changes, they censored content that DID NOT BREAK their terms of service after that content was flagged by the government.. Again, marinate on it…
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
@krassenstein At the same time as they were demoting normal Americans, the social media platforms capitulated to government demands to “amplify” (inorganically) the governments “approved” narrative, specifically in this case when it pertained to vaccines for COVID. https://t.co/asT2LPmGow
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I want everyone to think about the above for a moment. They were forcing inorganic amplification so people would be fooled into thinking the vaccine was “safe and effective” when one of them was REMOVED because it wasn’t. The sheer evil behind the obvious is unbelievable.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even with all of that, the ministry of truth wasn’t happy, scolding platforms for not doing enough, and trying to coerce them to do more. All of this to get that needle in your arm, consequences be damned… https://t.co/u1Ws27lq1M
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And here the court details the infamous press conference, where Jen Psaki and Vivek Murthy *expressly threatened* the platforms from the bully pulpit, even singling out certain accounts.. This was the ultimate in authoritarianism, and the 5th circuit agrees. https://t.co/pfuKR2Dl6a
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“The platforms responded with total compliance. Their answer was four-fold.” The social media companies responded with child like obedience to daddy government. You can’t make this up. https://t.co/7KdEbIZtoF
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They changed their internal policies in response to the presser… https://t.co/6mUxhGE6FP
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They removed speakers (like the so called “disinfo dozen” that they HAD NOT BEEN targeting BEFORE the press conference, and they continued to inorganically amplify the government’s content. https://t.co/CoBxeDgV0A
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even this wasn’t enough for the ministry of truth. They continued their public threats, invoking Section 230 protection as a cudgel for MORE action, and using the office of the President as a backbone for that threat. https://t.co/lSVh0dUC71
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“Next, we turn to the CDC” says the 5th panel. They behaved much like the White House and Surgeon General. They flagged posts with supposed “misinformation” and actively sought to promote its “official” position over others. They also provided direct guidance to the platforms on the application of their internal policy and moderation activities.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
They had BOLO (Be on the Lookout) meetings on “misinformation” hot topics. They asked for moderation changes, and they OUTRIGHT DIRECTED platforms to take certain actions. Direct violation of the constitution. Platforms began relying on the CDC to “Debunk” posts it wasn’t sure about.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And now, the good ol’ FBI. They regularly met with platforms, at least since the 2020 election. They shared “Strategic information” to alert them to “misinformation” trends in the lead up to the elections. https://t.co/yvtGq79TMf
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Per their operations, the FBI monitored platforms moderation policies and asked for “detailed assessments” during regular meetings. Some platforms changed their TOS to be able to comply with the FBI. While the government boasted that *only* 50% of the domestic (I repeat - DOMESTIC) content they wanted to remove was removed, the court didn’t find that so beneficial for them.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This is going to be the part where my disappointment comes in…But, again, this isn’t the CASE decision, its the decision on the injunction only.. They talk about NIAID, CISA, and the State Department. NIAID and Fauci didn’t have regular contact with platforms or flag, they mainly appeared on Live Streams and podcasts and had those amplified. CISA and the SD directly engaged with the platforms and discussed the tools and techniques that foreign influence actors would use.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The State Department didn’t flag content, but CISA did, acting as an intermediary for third party groups and then “switch boarding” based off of the EIP and CIS. The officials actions “apparently led to content being removed or demoted by the recipient platforms” https://t.co/KuNQmkYwuW
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Relying on the fact set above, the district court concluded that the officials coerced platforms to remove content and change their moderation policies, and therefore were likely to succeed on the merits, granting the injunction. https://t.co/3vpLFQuWg7
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
LEGAL THEORY: On standing - Any ONE plaintiff that demonstrates ongoing harm or continued injury is enough to pass the standing argument, a fact that was argued eloquently by the Plaintiff attorney in court. https://t.co/1CGDLZqSRK
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government is arguing that Plaintiffs dont have standing because they can’t prove a FUTURE injury. Here the court goes over their PAST injury. But the court doesn’t agree with the government. They believe there is ongoing injury and there will be future injury as well. https://t.co/Gfmm96ScvQ
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
I want to stop for a second (again) and go over how monumental this actually is. This is the first time ever that a normal “user” or American has submitted evidence of social media censorship and had their concerns ADDRESSED at all by a COURT OF LAW.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Another HUGE precedent set here - the past chilling of their speech has caused individuals to SELF CENSOR. That is considered ongoing harm. This is a massive and very important section. https://t.co/vfa8NBIywk
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
“As the Supreme Court has recognized, this chilling of the Individual Plaintiffs exercise of their First Amendment Rights, is, itself, a constitutionally sufficient injury.” They rule that the fears motivating the self censorship aren’t hypothetical, and come from very real censorship injuries they have previously suffered… Legal Eagles, affirm for me the importance of JUST this paragraph.. Amazing.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government had tried to argue that ongoing harms were not going to occur because, for example, Twitter had “stopped” enforcing its COVID misinformation policy. But the court disagrees, saying that they have been censored for views well beyond COVID. Continued next— very important.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Here is something ANYONE who is considering any sort of lawsuit needs to consider. The court here aptly notes that plaintiffs aren’t suing the platforms over their TOS, they are suing to stop the GOVERNMENT from interfering with platforms. Also - the government admitted in oral argument that they are STILL in contact with these platforms today. TLDR; the court doesn’t trust that the government isn’t still forcing social media companies to censor..
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
This is GRAND. The government argued that because the users had been REINSTATED, all is well. The court rightly says no. The fact that they WERE REINSTATED is what causes the threat of ongoing harm. If they didn’t have an account, they wouldn’t have to worry about censorship— they wouldn’t be able to post. Masterful.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The first standing hurdle, crossed and landed for Plaintiffs. This means any chance of appeal on standing to SCOTUS is likely a failure. The government had argued this standing issue over, and over, and over and have been shot down every single time. Now that is reinforced yet again. This case isn’t going ANYWHERE.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The Plaintiffs had to show that their injuries were traceable to conduct of the government. Government argued that since the content moderation policies were in place in the Trump administration, and also because moderation decisions were made independently by the social media companies. They had no standing. However, the plaintiffs aren’t challenging the policies themselves, but whether they can be traced back to government actors. The appeals court agrees with the district court that yes, they can be.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Even though there were instances where social media companies declined to censor, the Plaintiffs only have to show the likelihood they would comply, not certainty. The logical conclusion is that they would, based on the preliminary discovery they received.. https://t.co/iBBr8Z4vGw
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And I want to again stress, this was LIMITED discovery. The judge in the district court had made it a point in an order to let the government know that this was a mere scintilla of what would be required for production moving forward. So position this for yourselves - all of this is coming from an EXTREMELY limited production of evidence, which will now broaden to include more officials, more agency heads, more PRIVATE companies, like Facebook, Google, and X, that will be subpoenaed and deposed for evidence at trial.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Next on standing, the Plaintiffs had to prove that their injuries could be redressed by a favorable decision on the injunction. https://t.co/yr5tIK2Usd
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Again, key here is that the Plaintiffs aren’t challenging the social media companies policies themselves, rather they asked for the government from being restrained from unlawfully interfering with their independent application of those policies. https://t.co/kut8vbUl2L
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And IMPORTANTLY, the government had argued that the state plaintiffs didn’t have standing. That goes right down the trash shoot here, and it is a BIG deal. States were censored by platforms. This court determines they have standing as well. https://t.co/CSJYbS0iVE
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And an interesting little tidbit here. Other state officials have experienced censorship as well, so this isn’t limited to just Missouri and Louisiana. https://t.co/lLRibdfomG
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
And next, a very important part of the 1st Amendment that often goes undiscussed. THE RIGHT TO LISTEN. Constituent plaintiffs were harmed by the censorship of their elected representatives, and the elected representatives and states are harmed WHEN THEY CAN NOT HEAR their constituents. This was discussed at length in my interview with @AGJeffLandry
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The appeals court rules that Plaintiffs have standing - finally putting that issue to bed (hopefully) and also the court makes sure to include that even the CDC admitted the need to “hear” citizens. It may be for a different reason for them, but if you think about it - if the government couldn’t “hear” what we are all saying, they wouldn’t know what narrative they needed to craft to counter the truth… Goes both ways. NEXT!
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
There is a high bar to hit to even be granted an injunction. You must meet four criteria, as detailed below. 1. You are likely to succeed on the merits of your case. 2. There is a “substantial threat that you will suffer “irreparable injury” without it. 3. The injury you could sustain outweighs whatever “harm” the injunction could cause the other side 4. An injunction doesn’t disserve the public interest.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
FRAME THIS. “The Plaintiffs allege that federal officials ran afoul of the First Amendment by coercing and significantly encouraging social media platforms to censor disfavored speech, including by threats of adverse government action like antitrust enforcement and legal reforms. WE AGREE”
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
The government CAN NOT abridge free speech. Private parties are not normally constrained by the first amendment. Again, the importance of this can not be understated. We are here because they government acted through threats to social media companies to censor “disfavored” viewpoints. Every case against a social media company for their TOS or their censorship moves has failed because Plaintiffs have targeted the social media company rather than the government. One exception I know of off the top of my head is the Berenson case, and he settled.
@tracybeanz - Tracy Beanz
Took a quick pause for my carnivore lunch. Back in a moment.