The Trump-appointed judge’s move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies.

It should be self-evident that issuing an emergency stay on the Fourth of July is unusual. The most charitable view I can apply is the judge wanted to be an answer to a trivia question — anything beyond that is misconduct.

There’s also nothing in the story that points to a need for an emergency order in the first place. Now, if holiday news were a parade of mass shootings, maybe that would be a reason to just churn something out into the news cycle to distract.

  •  Dee   ( @Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org ) 
    1•1 year ago

    I have mixed feelings on this. While I would like agencies to be able to use this to crack down on vaccine misinformation, setting that precedent might have horrible consequences if someone like 45 came back into office.