Obama AG rips 'stupid' court order after judge blocks Biden admin's communication with social media companies
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Former President Obama's former Attorney General Eric Holder condemned the order limiting the Biden administration's communication with social media companies.
Holder shared a New York Times article about the decision. The opening paragraph of the Times piece claims that the ruling "could curtail efforts to combat false and misleading narratives about the coronavirus pandemic and other issues." However, those alleged government efforts to crack down on free speech are precisely what the preliminary injunction takes issue with. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
The order, signed in Louisiana by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty – who was appointed by former President Trump – restricts certain Biden administration officials from meeting, emailing, calling, sending letters, texting or engaging in any communication of any kind with social media companies for the purpose of "urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech posted on social-media platforms."