‘Pretty Stupid’: Obama AG Criticizes Court Ban on Biden Admin’s Censorship-By-Proxy Scheme
Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under President Barack Obama, has issued a scathing rebuke of a landmark court decision that blocks the Biden administration from pressuring social media companies to censor free speech.
“Well this is pretty stupid. And potentially dangerous,” Mr. Holder said in a tweet, commenting on a court injunction issued on Tuesday by a Louisiana judge blocking various federal agencies from taking a range of actions with respect to social media companies on cracking down on Americans’ freedom of speech.
Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana wrote in a July 4 ruling (pdf) that government agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice (DOJ), are prohibited from contacting or working with big tech companies to remove posts or block user accounts….