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Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent...

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Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US
Source: The Verge

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US.

On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns a policy that allows restricting visas to foreign officials who "demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies." The CITR is arguing for a preliminary injunction blocking the policy, which the State Department has already referenced when it sanctioned …

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