The Trump administration is defending its right to block foreign advocates of social media content moderation from entering the United States. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials.
The lawsuit challenges a policy that permits the US government to restrict visas for foreign officials who "demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies." The CITR is seeking a preliminary injunction to block the policy, which the State Department has already cited in visa-related actions.
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