A federal judge’s momentous Fourth of July order barring the federal government from colluding with Big Tech to suppress speech triggered an object lesson in how one person’s free expression is another person’s misinformation.
as a victory for the First Amendment and a blow against state-directed censorship. Critics warned the ruling could chill government interactions with tech firms and spur the spread of false narratives.
The judge, a Trump appointee, didn’t pull his punches, saying if the allegations made by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri are true, “the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.” The judge also found that the plaintiffs “are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that the Government has used its power to silence the opposition.”
“Big win for FREE SPEECH. Big loss for the censorship industrial complex,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican. Tulane history professor Walter Isaacson predicted on MSNBC that “the decision will be refined somewhat, because government has to have the right to have its own free speech, to push back when they see things on social media they think are dangerous.”
“This is a truly astonishing ruling that will compromise the health, safety, and yes, liberty of some so others can spread false, harmful information in the name of free speech,” said Lisa Rubin, MSNBC legal analyst, on Twitter.
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