A dozen House Republicans filed an amicus brief Tuesday in an ongoing lawsuit that alleges the Biden administration coordinated with social media companies to censor First Amendment-protected content about COVID-19 and Hunter Biden.
The members, who all sit on the House Judiciary Committee or its weaponization of government subcommittee, joined the case because they have “uncovered smoking gun documents showing how Big Tech and Big Government worked together to stifle free speech online,” according to committee Chairman Jim Jordan .The Republicans contended in the brief that the Biden administration had"coerced" speech about COVID-19 origins, the vaccine, and Hunter Biden's laptop.
One Meta employee said, according to an internal email included in the brief, that the company was “facing continued pressure” from the White House to also remove “vaccine discouraging content” in April 2021, when the COIVD-19 vaccine had been approved four months prior and was new to many Americans.
The official, Laura Dehmlow, told the Republicans the FBI task force would routinely warn social media companies of a forthcoming “hack-and-leak” operation. However, when confronted with the New York Post’s story, the companies asked the FBI FITF if the laptop was real and the FBI declined to confirm its authenticity, according to Dehmlow.
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