Appeals court limits cyber defense agency’s contacts with tech companies

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The 5th Circuit decision, which bars CISA from encouraging tech companies to remove posts, could have sweeping implications for government efforts to secure the 2024 vote.

Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, departs after speaking at the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting. The U.S.

The decision bars CISA, its director Jen Easterly and several other top agency officials from taking actions that"coerce or significantly encourage” tech companies to remove or reduce the spread of posts.The decision clears the way for the Supreme Court to decide whether to take the case, after the Justice Department asked the justices to put the 5th Circuit ruling on hold.

 

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