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Federal Court Halts California Law Punishing Doctors for COVID ‘Misinformation’

January 26, 2023
…Judge William B. Schubb of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California granted the motion filed by a group of doctors for a preliminary injunction. Schubb said that, because the “scientific consensus” (on COVID, in this case) is ill-defined and vague, the physician plaintiffs in the lawsuit are “unable to determine if their…
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California Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking COVID ‘Misinformation’ Law: Reports

January 25, 2023
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance represent the doctors, or NCLA, which is a nonpartisan civil rights firm. In November, Jenin Younes, counsel for the NCLA said California’s new “misinformation” law is the result of the increasing censorious mentality that has gripped many lawmakers in America. “That this shocking bill passed through the state legislature and…
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Judge Questions Clarity of New California Law Targeting Doctors Who Share COVID-19 Misinformation

By: Jenin Younes January 24, 2023
…Jenin Younes, an attorney representing Høeg and five other doctors in one of the cases, said during the hearing that the law was “about silencing doctors that have a different view from the state.” Younes works for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a Washington, DC-based organization that strives to “tame the unlawful power of state…
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How the CDC Became the Speech Police

January 19, 2023
…The deposition was part of Schmitt v. Biden, a lawsuit that accuses the federal government of improperly pushing private social media companies to restrict so-called misinformation relating to COVID-19. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, professors of medicine at Stanford University and Harvard University, respectively, have claimed that social media platforms repeatedly muzzled their opposition to lockdowns,…
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‘You Are Calling the President a Liar’: White House Scolds Social Media for Treatment of Biden

January 11, 2023
…The email threads are among dozens between the White House and tech platforms that Just the News received from the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which along with Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general is suing the feds for social media censorship. The plaintiffs have shared some communications publicly in The Wall Street Journal and on Twitter…
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‘Any Messaging You Want’: Facebook Asked Biden Admin For Talking Points After FDA Vaccine Blood Clots Warning

January 9, 2023
…A Facebook employee wrote an email later that day asking Biden administration COVID-19 czar Andrew Slavitt for “any messaging” that the White House might want the company to promote, looping in White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty and Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement for the COVID-19 Response Team Courtney Rowe in a…
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