The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US.
On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns a policy that allows restricting visas to foreign officials who "demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies." The CITR is arguing for a preliminary injunction blocking the policy, which the State Department has already referenced when it sanctioned …
This article was originally published by The Verge and written by Lauren Feiner.
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