Judge unmasks staffers who stifled social posts

https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.co ^ | 7/12/2023 | SUSAN FERRECHIO

[Enterprise]

U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty, acting on a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration by two states and a group of plaintiffs, said the case “arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.”

Court documents show that while top Biden administration officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci sought publicly and privately to censor social media posts over COVID-19 content, the task was more extensively carried out behind the scenes by a select band of staffers.

These aides led the administration’s efforts to squelch content they opposed, mostly by pressuring social media platforms with repeated requests for content removal, deplatforming of specific users and relentless demands for access to their internal content moderation policies and practices.

The effort began almost as soon as Mr. Biden entered the White House with a Jan. 23, 2021, email from Clarke Humphrey, then the digital director for the administration’s COVID-19 response team.

Mr. Humphrey emailed Twitter officials at 1 a.m. on Mr. Biden’s third day in office and asked them to remove a tweet posted a day earlier by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that suggested, without evidence, that the death of Hank Aaron, 86, could be tied to the coronavirus vaccine.

“Hey folks — Wanted to flag the below tweet and am wondering if we can get moving on the process of having it removed ASAP,” Mr. Humphrey wrote to Twitter.

The job of policing social media appeared to fall mostly to Mr. Humphrey’s White House colleague, Rob Flaherty, who recently left the administration, reportedly to take a job in President Biden’s reelection campaign.

[Enterprise]

When individuals take actions "outside the scope" of their duties which violate the civil rights of the citizens the theory is that they lose "qualified immunity" for their actions. These people should be prosecuted criminally for conspiracy, and should be held personally liable for civil damages. Yes, I know, fat chance.

[Highest Authority]

Typical communist tactics. Shut down free speech!

[piytar]

Also, my understanding is immunity does not apply to violation of civil rights under color or law. See 18 USC and 242. But I could be wrong. Any legal eagle Freeper want to chime in?

[piasa]

Is this the same ditzy “Mr. Clarke Humphrey” that tweeted the following and is referred to elsewhere as a she?

“Lol but i had to deal with all the asians with all that wic and they couldnt even speak english most of the time,” she tweeted in 2011. She also tweeted “lmao thats true though , ive witnessed it plentyyy of times at the stop and shop where i worked , #madddasians” in the same year.

[Telepathic Intruder]

In those days they used the context of “national emergency” to bypass Constitutional rights and not only shut down businesses and lock people in their homes, but censor any speech that didn’t support their reasons for doing it. Once it was firmly established that they could do that, they could move onto doing the same with other things...

[piasa]

She’s dumb as a box of rocks and was leading the way at censoring?

[Guenevere]

BTTT

[Robert DeLong]

I think it could be, as this is Clarke Humphrey:

Medill alumna Clarke Humphrey emphasizes the importance of a representative political space

At 28 years old, Clarke Humphrey (Medill ’14) is leading the charge on ads, emails, texting and store fundraising for former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. As Biden’s deputy digital director, Humphrey is running a historically successful fundraising program fueled by grassroots support.

Since I looked using the following:

Clarke Humphrey, then the digital director for the administration’s COVID-19 response team, & I found this person to have been a digital director during his campaign, I think it is her.

[JonPreston]

When individuals take actions "outside the scope" of their duties which violate the civil rights of the citizens the theory is that they lose "qualified immunity" for their actions.

IOW, when you participate in criminality, you're on your own.

[Mr. K]

That is a really good point- what do they need “qualified immunity” for at all- if they just do their jobs, and don’t commit any illegal acts.

[JonPreston]

exactly, Mr K

[Dahoser]

Mr. Humphrey emailed Twitter officials at 1 a.m. on Mr. Biden’s third day in office and asked them to remove a tweet posted a day earlier by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that suggested, without evidence, that the death of Hank Aaron, 86, could be tied to the coronavirus vaccine.

It's very important to note how the article's author actually feels about the matter.

[Spok]

If the media is turning on Biden, as it certainly appears to be, who’s running the propaganda apparatus now?

[lowbridge]

Bump

[Jewbacca]

The innate stupidity and laziness of Leftist is the only reason the USA is not a tyranny.

[Mr. K]

Story:
President Trump announced data regarding election fraud, and called for investigation.

Press:
Lying Liar, Twice Impeached former President Trump baselessly claimed to have new data on the thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory of non-existent election fraud and asked taxpayers to waste $millions of tax dollars on a goose hunt to once again try to find data to support his bogus claims that the election he lost (to the greatest president ever, Joe Biden The Magnificent, who really really did get 81 million votes- we mean it!) was stolen plus orange man bad.

[z3n]

"...behind the scenes by a select band of staffers. "

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I strongly suspect that this is how the executive branch of our government is being operated right now.

Joe Biden is not home!

The question is, who is really behind that control? Is it the huma abadeine types who was always seen at the side of HRC for years, or something like agents of obama, clinton, or dnc CABAL?

[MulberryDraw]

Good point. There is evidence all over the place including in RFK Jr’s book. The enemedia is still trying to cover it all up. They’re losing though and it’s fun to watch.

[one guy in new jersey]

...without evidence...

Just another gratuitous, content-empty catchphrase these journo-listers love to sprinkle into their narrative-peddling stories to please and stay in the good graces—of whom? The same backroom bureaucrat censors being unmasked by this judge!!!

[one guy in new jersey]

Ahh..beat me to it (see #19).

Well played, D.