"The policy in question was announced in May last year, and the State Department issued the sanctions in December, saying its targets "advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states." The group included the former EU official Thierry Bret"
A nonprofit, Coalition for Independent Technology Research, is suing the State Department and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over a policy that restricts visas for foreign officials who demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies. The group seeks a preliminary injunction to stop the policy from continuing. The State Department has referenced the policy when it sanctioned five people involved in online disinformation work, including a former European official who enforced the EU’s digital services rules. The nonprofit argues the policy will silence researchers studying content moderation and misinformation online. The policy was announced in May, and the sanctions were issued in December, framed as responses to censorship crackdowns by foreign states.
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