Judge Refuses to Pause Ban on US Agency Social-Media Contact (2)

A federal judge in Louisiana denied a request by the US government to delay an order he imposed last week banning federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies.

Within hours of US District Court Judge Terry Doughty’s order refusing to pause his nationwide injunction Monday, the Justice Department asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene. Doughty had also denied the government’s alternative request for a seven-day pause while it asked the appeals court to step in.

The Justice Department said in its latest filing that it would consider seeking emergency action by US ...