"The government is subjecting CITR members and other non-citizens to exclusion, detention and deportation simply for reporting on speech on social media and the harms that might arise from it, and advocating for different content moderation policies and other policies that might govern internet platforms."
"The lawsuit targets a policy that restricts foreign officials and people who the U.S. government says are "complicit in censoring Americans" from entering the United States or residing in the U.S. legally, potentially including deportation."
"The Trump administration has often characterized content moderation on social media platforms, such as fact-checking, as censorship. The coalition's First Amendment advocates disagree."
"In May 13 oral arguments before Federal District Judge James Boasberg, an attorney representing the Coalition for Independent Technology Research said the Trump administration's 2025 policy harms the rights of free speech and free association. The attorney, Carrie DeCell, said the policy also violates the Fifth Amendment right to due process protections, and the federal Administrative Procedure Act, which determines how the government makes policy."
Lawyers for academics, journalists, and researchers asked a federal court to reverse a 2025 visa policy tied to alleged complicity in censoring Americans. The policy restricts foreign officials and others the U.S. government labels as complicit from entering the United States or legally residing, with potential deportation consequences. The State Department reported five sanctioned individuals, including Thierry Breton, Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, and two co-founders of HateAid. The policy is linked to the administration’s view that social media content moderation, including fact-checking, is censorship. First Amendment advocates argue the policy harms free speech and free association and violates due process and the Administrative Procedure Act.
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