Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Social Media EO
President Donald Trump’s social media executive order violates platforms’ First Amendment protections “to curate and fact-check content and ensure that accurate information ... is not undermined by misinformation on their platforms,” advocates argued in a lawsuit filed in the U.S.…
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District Court for the Northern District of California Thursday (see 2008040059). Common Cause, Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, Free Press and MapLight filed the lawsuit. “Users have rights to receive accurate information without this kind of government interference,” Common Cause Special Adviser Michael Copps said. DOJ didn’t comment.