DOJ Settles Lawsuit Alleging Biden Admin Pressured Twitter to Suppress Speech

A Twitter app icon on a cell phone in a file photo. Matt Rourke/AP PhotoThe U.S. Department of Justice settled litigation on Wednesday alleging the Biden administration pressured Twitter to suppress speech by Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter who criticized COVID-19 vaccine claims.The Justice Department said the lawsuit alleged the federal government violated the First Amendment by pressuring the social media company into suppressing “disfavored speech.”