Blocked By Courts, Biden Admin Turns To Outside Firms To Run Its Censorship Activities

Stung by court decisions limiting its ability to pressure and coerce social media companies to remove purported misinformation and facing an uncertain response at the Supreme Court, the Biden administration is finding workarounds.
The State Department and National Science Foundation together awarded more than a dozen grants for misinformation-related programs with start dates this month or next, totaling about $4.4 million.
The Department of Defense awarded a no-bid $2.5 million contract last week to an artificial intelligence company that scours social media, the “dark web” and audio transmissions, whose software will be used by a DOD component that neighbors the National Security Agency.