Opinion: Missouri v. Biden: A victory for free speech
On July 4th, when every government office was closed for the Independence Day holiday, a federal judge in Louisiana released an order that might be the most significant victory for freedom of speech in the lifetime of anyone alive today.
“If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true,” U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote, “the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.” The next month, the White House objected to a parody account relating to Hunter Biden’s daughter, Finnegan. “Please remove this account immediately,” White House Deputy Assistant to the President Rob Flaherty wrote in a stern email. Twitter suspended the account 45 minutes later.
On April 21, 2021, Biden administration officials met with Twitter and demanded to know why journalist Alex Berenson had not been “kicked off” the platform. Berenson had developed a large following during the pandemic by posting and analyzing official government data from around the globe, but the White House characterized his work as “disinfo that radiated out to the persuadable public.” Berenson was “kicked off” Twitter a few months later.
The list of U.S. government agencies and officials now “enjoined and restrained” from engaging in censorship activities fills nearly three pages.
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