The Trump Department of Justice is arguing for the dismissal of a lawsuit against Big Tech on the grounds that an executive order signed by Donald Trump ended censorship based on political viewpoints.

Posted by The Health Ranger Report, Oct 22, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 5 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 30%

The Health Ranger ReportOct 22, 2026

No source addresses the claimant's own lawsuit against Big Tech or any 2026 DOJ filing arguing mootness based on a Trump executive order. The sources cover a 2020 Reuters-reported DOJ motion in a different case brought by the Center for Democracy and Technology, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.

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… You've paid a very dear personal price for your freedom of speech, being prosecuted for it, literally paying a price behind bars for a period of time for exercising freedom of speech. I've been de-platformed, you know, smeared, blacklisted, and even my lawsuit right now against Big Tech, Trump's DOJ is fighting against my company. They're saying that the case should be dismissed because they say Trump signed an executive order that demanded no more censorship based on political viewpoints. Therefore, they say the case is moot. There is no censorship. I'm like, what are you talking about? I mean, the Trump DOJ is arguing against my company, my attorneys right now, right? And I'm still censored. I'm still censored all over the place, as you are shadow banned and censored. …

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What we found

Context. The Reuters report on the 2020 motion (source 0) concerns a lawsuit by the Center for Democracy and Technology against Trump's May 2020 social media executive order, under the 'former President Trump' administration, not the claimant's lawsuit.[1][2]

Context. A copy of the same 2020 Reuters story appears under a 2026-11-01 date on an unrated site (source 5), but the content is the 2020 CDT case, so the later date does not make it a record of the 2026 filing the claim describes.[5]

Context. The DOJ settlement (source 2) and YouTube settlement correspondence (source 3) concern other cases, a Biden State Department censorship suit and Trump's personal suit against YouTube, and do not address the claimed mootness argument.[3][4]

Context. The claim departs from the passage in one respect: the post says Trump's DOJ is 'fighting against my company' in the claimant's own suit, while the extraction adds that the DOJ is 'arguing for dismissal' on mootness grounds. The post itself does state this argument, so the claim is the post's own, but no source verifies it.

Sources

5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 1 not rated

1Exclusive: Trump administration asks court to dismiss Big Tech's challenge to social media executive orderreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
2Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorshiptrumpwhitehouse.archives.gov · primary source · cited for: context
3Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Settles Lawsuit ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: context
4[PDF] Final Warren Follow-Up Letter to Google and YouTube re YouTube ...warren.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
5Exclusive: Trump administration asks court to dismiss Big Tech’s challenge to social media executive orderjaoi.org · not rated · cited for: context

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