A federal judge yesterday ordered the Biden administration to halt a wide range of communications with social media companies, siding with Missouri and Louisiana in a lawsuit that alleges Biden and his administration violated the First Amendment by colluding with social networks “to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content.”

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      And even if this is true, what does investigating a lab leak do to stop the spread of a virus actively working its way through the population?

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        I’m not worried about that question, I’m worried about the ability of government to silence people simply for disagreeing with them.

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          If people making the lab leak claim were silenced, why the hell can I not stop hearing about it?!

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            Are you claiming that the FBI didn’t force social media platforms to censor information that it had deemed misinformation?

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          What simple disagreement are you referring to exactly? Everything you’ve mentioned has been pretty clear disinformation that lead to people dying not simple disagreements.

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              Yeah okay, bud. You’re obviously trying to spread your own disinformation now as if we can’t see a written record of your comments elsewhere in this post.