Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s group, the Children's Health Defense, claims news organizations violated antitrust laws by collaborating to combat so-called 'misinformation' online
May 31 against the BBC, The Washington Post, Reuters and The Associated Press in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, before U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty, a Trump appointee. The news outlets are all members of the Trusted News Initiative, founded by the BBC in 2019, with the stated goal of combating"fake news."
After the judge granted the motion to move the case to New York, Children’s Health Defense dropped the case May 18. When social media companies collude with government to censor critics of government policy, that violates the First Amendment. When they collude with major mainstream news organizations to censor rival online news publishers, that violates antitrust law," Jed Rubenfeld, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement.
However, he continued,"An agreement that goes further and entails a commitment to censor certain content might cross the line into impermissible restraint of commerce."
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