TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 7, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, The Daily Wire and The Federalist filed a lawsuit in federal court yesterday alleging the U.S. State Department is funding technologies that could censor right-leaning news outlets, Reuters reports. The group argues that the technology being used by the center could "render disfavored press outlets unprofitable," specifically citing funding that went to GDI and NewsGuard. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed in October to hear arguments by two Republican attorneys general alleging the administration suppressed conservative-leaning speech and social media.