Judge rejects RFK Jr restraining order request in lawsuit alleging Google, YouTube … – Fox News

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request for a restraining order against Google and YouTube that he argued would prevent his primary campaign against President Biden from being further censored on the video sharing platform.U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, nominated by Biden in 2021, issued an 11-page decision saying RFK Jr. did not meet the threshold for a preliminary injunction to be granted on First Amendment grounds because Google and YouTube are private entities and not state actors as part of the government.Google cited its COVID-19 medical and vaccine “misinformation” policies in taking down three videos of Kennedy shared on YouTube. Those were his speech at New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm College uploaded by Manchester Public Television on March 3, his interview with podcaster Joe Rogan uploaded on June 17, and his June interview with Jordan Peterson.In his complaint filed this month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Kennedy sought a temporary restraining order to restore those videos and prevent the defendants from using those same policies to remove future videos of Kennedy during his 2024 presidential campaign.JUDGE SCHEDULES EMERGENCY HEARING IN RFK JR’S LAWSUIT OVER YOUTUBE ALLEGEDLY CENSORING
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