Biden’s Meta ‘censorship’ revelations ‘vindicated’ Alito dissent in RFK Jr. case
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Conservatives said the decision from Mark Zuckerberg vindicated free speech protections for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose COVID-19 posts containing misinformation were taken down.
Alito, a George W. Bush appointee, blasted the video's removal in a scathing dissent, saying that the platform had censored a type of political speech in its attempts to crack down on misinformation, and could therefore be seen as acting on behalf of the U.S. government and possibly causing what he described as "irreparable" harm. Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
"Our democratic form of government is undermined if government officials prevent a candidate for high office from communicating with voters, and such efforts are especially dangerous when the officials engaging in such conduct are answerable to a rival candidate," Alito said in the dissent.