have major implications on free speech. it came down on a federal holiday from a federal judge in louisiana. agencies were blocked in the biden administration from communicating with social media companies, facebook, google, twitter and the topic of protected speech. the judge based this on a prior lawsuit brought by republican attorneys general in louisiana and missouri. he ruled on that. among other complaints, the attorneys generals say the biden administration overreached its authority during the height of the covid pandemic when they tried to convince social media companies to address and in some case take down posts on platforms that could contribute to vaccine hesitancy. according to the judge, the plaintiffs and the attorneys general have presented substantial evidence in support of their claims, that they were the victims of a censorship