U.S. judge blocks administration's visa limits for social media researchers
A federal court ruled last week when it blocked a policy aimed at noncitizen technology researchers, fact-checkers, and trust-and-safety workers. The ruling came in a suit brought by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, whose members play a critical role in encouraging better-informed decisions surrounding emerging technologies for consumers, advertisers, and policymakers.
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a policy that targets foreign nationals who study disinformation and hate speech on social media for visa denials and deportation.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington sided with, opens new tab the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in finding that the administration's policy likely unlawfully burdens the speech of non-citizen researchers in the United States in violation of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
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