Daily Wire Censorship Claims Survive Against State Department

The Daily Wire LLC, FDRLST Media LLC, and the state of Texas may go forward with a lawsuit alleging the State Department is violating their First Amendment rights by promoting censorship technology “to covertly suppress speech of a segment of the American press.”

The Daily Wire, FDRLST Media—doing business as The Federalist— and the state of Texas sufficiently allege they suffered an injury traceable to the agency’s actions necessary to establish Article III standing, Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas said, denying the government’s motion to dismiss.

The plaintiffs allege the ...