Judge Terry Doughty, federal court in Louisiana, July 2023: granted a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiffs likely to win parts of their claim that officials pressured platforms. A preliminary ruling, not a final judgment. The Supreme Court later threw it out for lack of standing without ruling on the merits.
If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States' history.
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Judge Terry Doughty, federal court in Louisiana, July 2023: granted a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiffs likely to win parts of their claim that officials pressured platforms. A preliminary ruling, not a final judgment. The Supreme Court later threw it out for lack of standing without ruling on the merits.