A federal appeals court Tuesday barred the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) from coordinating with social media companies to censor election-related speech.
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled the CISA "used its frequent interactions with social media platforms to push them to adopt more restrictive policies on election-related speech," The Washington Post reported.
The decision revises an order issued by the court in September in Missouri v. Biden that narrowed a lower court's injunction by spelling out how government officials can communicate with social media platforms without violating the First Amendment.
"When it comes to defending the Constitution, Missouri doesn't back down," Bailey wrote in another post. "[President] Joe Biden has promised to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. We look forward to defending your First Amendment rights at the nation's highest court."