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Technology,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 18, 2022

Circuit mulls Robert Kennedy Jr. request to revive suit against Meta

“The White House told Facebook to censor him, to deplatform him,” said Kennedy’s co-counsel, Jed Rubenfeld, who represented Children’s Health Defense.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his co-counsel asked a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Tuesday to revive his nonprofit’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., accusing it of conspiring with the government to censor posts critical of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Jed Rubenfeld, who represented Children’s Health Defense, argued that Facebook acted at the direction of the White House, shortly after President Joe Biden took office, when Kennedy’s Ins...

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