WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Monday (Jul 10) sought to block a judge's order that barred some federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media firms about moderating content on their platforms in a decision stemming from a Republican-backed lawsuit against President Joe Biden's adminis
The department asked the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay of the order last week by Louisiana-based US District Judge Terry Doughty.
The judge's preliminary injunction marked a win for the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, who had accused the administration in a lawsuit of unlawfully using the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of misinformation to curb views that disagreed with the government. Doughty was appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department in a filing sought a stay pending its appeal of the judge's preliminary injunction. US officials have said that in contacting social media companies they were aiming to tamp down misinformation about American elections and about COVID-19 vaccines to curb preventable deaths.
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