Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) has been ordered to pay a Christian student $80,000 as part of a lawsuit settlement for silencing her conservative views.
Emails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee found that the White House and Biden officials pressured Facebook to censor Americans, violating First Amendment Rights.
"Unfortunately, many malicious actors, especially federal bureaucrats, are bent on undermining the First Amendment and censoring Americans at every turn."
The individuals—Gabriel Rench, Sean Bohnet, and his wife Rachel Bohnet—had initiated a civil lawsuit against the city, claiming their First Amendment rights were violated during a religious gathering in 2020.
"Since the Committee's subpoena to Meta, we have obtained additional evidence that the federal government has coerced or colluded with technology, social media, and other companies to moderate content online," Jordan states in his letter.
Judge confirms Biden admin "likely 'significantly encouraged' and/or 'jointly participated' with the social-media companies to engage in viewpoint-based suppression of protected free speech. Additionally, the White House Defendants and the Surgeon General Defendants were found to have likely engaged in coercion of social-media companies."
Bans federal agencies from engaging with social media companies "for the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression or reduction of content containing protected free speech."
After an official for the American Library Association allegedly provided recommendations for how librarians can limit Christians' freedom of speech, a legal team is calling for a federal investigation into the matter.
