Social Media Censorship Case Faces 5th Circuit Standing Queries

A federal appeals court panel pressed attorneys on how they might weigh a case involving allegations of social media censorship after the US Supreme Court rejected similar claims by the same plaintiffs.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday heard the allegations from Jill Hines and Jim Hoft that outside groups worked with the federal government to suppress their views on topics like Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential election.

Their lawsuit targets the Election Integrity Project and the Virality Project, programs run by entities including Stanford University and the University of Washington that tracked disputed information …

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