AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Actually, no judge can rule on content on the Social Media Platforms. Until and unless, Section 230 of the FCC Communications Decency Act is changed, only Social Media Platforms control 3 rd Party Content. The Problem, the Platform users, have no control over their data and who buys their data. The EU calls our social media platforms, the “Wild West “ of the internet. Regulations similar to the EU will protect our data from 3 rd Parties. We need a functioning, collaborative Congress , to Regulate the Social Media Platforms, providing citizens with the privacy we desire and control over our data. Why should a corporation decide who sees our data?

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/04/judge-restricts-white-house-communications-with-social-media-companies

The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, who alleged that US government officials went too far in efforts to encourage social media companies to address posts they worried could contribute to vaccine hesitancy during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, or upend elections.

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The ruling said US government agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and the FBI could not talk to 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” under the free speech clause of the first amendment to the US constitution.

A White House official said the US justice department was reviewing the order and will evaluate its options.

The order also mentioned by name officials, including the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and Jen Easterly, who heads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in its restrictions.

Judge Terry Doughty, in an order filed with the US district court for the western district of Louisiana, made some exceptions for communications between government officials and the companies, including to warn about risks to national security and about criminal activity.

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