{"id":1973279,"date":"2023-07-14T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-temporarily-halts-block-on-biden-officials-from-big-tech-contact\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:02:14","slug":"appeals-court-temporarily-halts-block-on-biden-officials-from-big-tech-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-temporarily-halts-block-on-biden-officials-from-big-tech-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court pauses ban on Biden officials&#8217; Big Tech communication."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fappeals-court-temporarily-halts-block-on-biden-officials-from-big-tech-contact%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Appeals Court Halts Injunction Blocking Biden Administration Officials from Contacting Social Media Companies<\/h2>\n<p>An appeals court on Friday granted a temporary halt to an injunction that had prevented numerous Biden administration officials and federal agencies from engaging with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a>. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a stay on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-law-enforcement-deputized-ordered-to-arrest-rogue-democratic-lawmakers-immediately\/\" title=\"Texas Law Enforcement Deputized, Ordered To Arrest Rogue Democratic Lawmakers \u2018Immediately\u2019\">lower court order<\/a> that had prohibited officials from flagging misinformation on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. The decision also fast-tracked oral arguments on the matter, with a panel of judges set to determine whether a longer-term stay should be granted at the request of the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Big Tech Companies and Free Speech Protections<\/h3>\n<p>The initial ruling, made by U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty on the Fourth of July, had barred agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the DOJ, the FBI, and others from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-road-to-serfdom-rep-donalds-slams-biden-administration-for-pressuring-social-media-to-censor-speech\/\" title=\"\u2018The Road To Serfdom\u2019: Rep. Donalds Slams Biden Administration For Pressuring Social Media \u2018To Censor Speech\u2019\">pressuring social media companies<\/a> to remove or restrict content protected by the First Amendment&#8217;s free speech provisions. The order also affected major tech companies including Facebook\/Meta, Twitter, YouTube\/Google, WhatsApp, Instagram, WeChat, TikTok, and other online platforms.<\/p>\n<h3>Appeals Process and Government&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>The DOJ attorneys appealed the decision after Judge Doughty declined to pause the injunction. The case was brought by Republican state attorneys general from Missouri and Louisiana, as well as individuals who claimed harm from the government&#8217;s actions. These plaintiffs opposed the pause on the injunction while the appeals process unfolded. Judge Doughty, who was appointed by former President Trump, stated in the preliminary injunction that the Republican plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving that the government had used its power to stifle opposition.<\/p>\n<p>However, DOJ attorneys argued that the broad scope of the decision would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-temporarily-halts-block-on-biden-officials-from-big-tech-contact\/\" title=\"Appeals court pauses ban on Biden officials' Big Tech communication.\">hinder lawful government activities related<\/a> to law enforcement, national security, and public discourse. The Washington Examiner reached out to the attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana for their response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIHEAP PAYMENTS: APPLICATION TO RECEIVE UP TO $2,116 FOR ENERGY BILLS TO OPEN IN MAINE IN THREE DAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>media platforms. The temporary halt allows Biden administration officials and federal agencies to resume communication with social media companies, despite the injunction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit panel granted the stay, overturning the lower court&#8217;s order that prevented officials from addressing misinformation on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1973280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}