Class Action Targets Tech Firms, DNC Over Free Speech
The Democratic National Committee and the Biden administration colluded to suppress and sensor "disfavored speakers, viewpoints and content on social media platforms” by falsely labeling content as “dis-information,” misinformation and “mal-information,” alleged a class-action complaint (docket 2:22-cv-9438) Dec. 29 in…
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U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. The mainstream media "aided and abetted" the conspiracy, which had the participation of internet retailers and distributors, public school teacher unions and school board associations, alleged the three Republican plaintiffs, Richard Jackson of Los Angeles, Julie Briggs of Dallas and Gregg Buchwalter, also of Los Angeles. The complaint names about a dozen defendants in all, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter and the DNC but not members of the Biden administration. It alleges the DNC “weaponized” various federal agencies to unnecessarily close schools and shut down services, with the goal to “censor and suppress lawfully protected speech and communications of disfavored (primarily conservative or Republican Party) speakers." The “vast Censorship Scheme’s tentacles” reached Apple and Amazon, which "continue to refuse” to distribute books, articles, movies, audio and other communications published by conservative or “disfavored” speakers under direction of the administration’s "Orwellian guise of ‘misinformation,’” it alleged. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and to enjoin the defendants from "falsely framing the public narrative” and “further gaslighting of ordinary Americans.”