Summary:
WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, who alleged that U.S. government officials went too far in efforts to encourage social media companies to address posts they worried could contribute to vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic or upend elections.
A White House official said the Justice Department was reviewing the order and will evaluate its options.
The litigation was originally filed by former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.
The injunction was first reported by the Washington Post.
I do like that the original source is used so that it’s clearly visible when scrolling past the headline. It helps prevent tabloid headlines from having the same weight as legitimate news outlets since you can quickly tell where it came from. However, I am also getting into a habit of also including an archive link in the post body as well. I don’t think I’ve ever been paywalled on Reuters, though it may also be a regional thing; I browse it semi-regularly.
When I post news, I’m hit or miss whether I put the whole article text in the post or not as I’m always worried about the instance host getting a copyright complaint. lol.
Oh I agree, the source SHOULD be included as the post URL. I typically click into the post first and then click the article link, so that if I want to comment on what I read then I don’t have to try to find the post in my feed again. But for posts like this I come in and see a blank post, click the link and get a blank page, and at that point I have zero information about what’s going on and I’ve generally lost all patience with the topic. Honestly I don’t even care so much about the entire article being pasted here, I just wish people would at least put in a short summary or something.