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Meta can censor “distasteful” anti-vaccine views, appeals court rules.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Childrens-Health-Defense-v-Meta-Opinion-8-9-2024.pdf

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know you're a fuck head when you got me agreeing with Meta....

[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No shit, right? I hope the judge ruled this with prejudice, pissed off from the audacity that a lawyer would even try this nonsense in a courtroom. If I were that judge, I would have sanctioned those prosecutors and advised the bar to retest their qualifications.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

On June 29, 2021, the district court dismissed the operative complaint, and the court entered final judgment the next day. The district court dismissed Science Feedback without prejudice for lack of service, and it dismissed the remaining Defendants with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

Quick search for "with prejudice" in the document. I guess they tried to argue that Meta was acting on behalf of the state when they "censored" their anti vaccine posts, but they failed spectacularly in doing so.