{"id":2026321,"date":"2023-09-08T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-prohibiting-government-officials-from-communicating-with-social-media-companies\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:20:39","slug":"appeals-court-upholds-ruling-prohibiting-government-officials-from-communicating-with-social-media-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-prohibiting-government-officials-from-communicating-with-social-media-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court upholds ruling prohibiting government officials from communicating with social media companies"},"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\">26<\/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-upholds-ruling-prohibiting-government-officials-from-communicating-with-social-media-companies%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=2026321&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>The \u2062Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling \u2063Prohibiting Government Officials from Contacting Social Media Companies<\/h2>\n<p>The Fifth Circuit\u200b Court of Appeals in New Orleans has recently upheld a significant ruling that <a title=\"Court upholds ban on government officials contacting social media firms.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-prohibiting-government-officials-from-communicating-with-social-media-companies\/\">restricts numerous federal government officials<\/a> from <a title=\"Federal judge stops Biden officials from contacting social media companies: Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-biden-officials-from-contacting-social-media-companies-report\/\">contacting social media companies<\/a>. This decision\u200c stems from the case of Missouri v. \u2063Biden, which was initially heard in the\u200c U.S. District \u2063Court for the Western District of Louisiana in July.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The \u200cdistrict judge issued a preliminary injunction in July, preventing the defendants, including President Joe\u2063 Biden, United States Surgeon\u200c General Vivek \u2062Murthy, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra,\u2062 and former chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, from engaging with <a title=\"FBI reportedly told Twitter about authenticity of Hunter Biden laptop on crucial day.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-allegedly-informed-twitter-the-hunter-biden-laptop-was-real-on-key-date\/\">social \u200dmedia companies<\/a> regarding content they deem to \u2063be misinformation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Fifth Circuit has upheld the\u200c district court&#8217;s order in our free speech case, Missouri v. Biden, enjoining\u200b the White \u200cHouse,\u200c Surgeon General, CDC, &#038; FBI from \u200cviolating the First Amendment rights of millions \u2064of Americans,&#8221; Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on X\u200b on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri v. Biden was initially filed by \u200bSen. Eric\u200b Schmitt (R-MO) during his tenure as Missouri&#8217;s attorney general. The lawsuit alleges that the federal government is exerting influence over social media companies, leading them to infringe upon the First Amendment free speech rights of their users.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey, who assumed the position in 2023, stated in \u200dmid-August that this lawsuit could \u200dhave a \u200dprofound impact on the social media landscape.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I believe it is crucial to establish a wall of \u200dseparation between tech and\u2062 state,&#8221; Bailey emphasized. &#8220;That\u2063 is precisely the \u200bpurpose of this lawsuit. As we enter an election cycle, the wall of \u200dseparation \u2063is more necessary than ever.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"link\">click here<\/a> to read the\u2063 full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court&#8217;s ruling that prohibits numerous federal government officials from contacting social media companies. The appeals court in New Orleans upheld a decision in Missouri v. Biden that came down from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in July. 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