US government sued for violating First Amendment, via proxy censorship with social media companies

US government sued for violating First Amendment, via proxy censorship with social media companies

Biden Administration accused of censorship via proxy, and violating the U.S. Constitution:

Biden Administration officials asked Twitter to ban me because of my tweets questioning the Covid vaccines, even as company employees believed I had followed Twitter’s rules, internal Twitter communications reveal.

In a White House meeting in April 2021, four months before Twitter suspended my account, the company faced “one really tough question about why Alex Berenson hasn’t been kicked off from the platform,” a Twitter employee wrote.

The employee recounted the meeting discussion afterwards on Twitter’s internal Slack messaging system. The message, and others, make clear that top federal officials targeted me specifically, potentially violating my basic First Amendment right to free speech.

The First Amendment does not apply to private companies like Twitter. But if the companies are acting on behalf of the federal government they can become “state actors” that must allow free speech and debate, just as the government does.

The White House privately demanded Twitter ban me months before the company did so (substack.com)

Related: Did White House Advisor Use MIT “study” to Take Down Our Twitter Accounts? (substack.com)

Per the 2nd item, White House officials sought to knock offline numerous Twitter accounts for sharing information about face masks that did not agree with White House officials like Andy Slavitt.

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