US Defends Ban on Content Moderation Experts

The Trump administration is actively defending its policy to prevent certain social media content moderation advocates from entering the United States. A federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) against the State Department. The core of the dispute is a policy that enables the government to deny visas to foreign nationals who advocate for specific content moderation practices on American tech platforms. CITR seeks to block this policy, which the State Department has reportedly used to impose sanctions.