Summary
The CDC has ordered its scientists to withdraw or pause pending research papers for review by the Trump administration, which is enforcing a ban on terms like “gender,” “LGBT,” and “pregnant person.”
An internal email revealed that all manuscripts, even those already accepted for publication, must comply.
Reuters confirmed the directive, which follows broader federal efforts to remove references to gender identity from government materials.
Critics warn the policy could hinder scientific integrity, as even demographic terms like “gender” may be censored.
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Gotta check your speech to make sure it’s free enough
How is this not a violation of the 1st amendment? Or are we done pretending the Constitution matters?
The government can censor itself, this isnt something new. But it is a great example of how people dont understand how the us government works.
The USA ended on Jan 20. It’s now Fascistan.
Didn’t you get any of the memos sent from sketchy insecure servers, DOGE, etc?
Thats what I want to know? This isn’t Twitter choosing a policy, this is the government actually dictating what can and can’t be said. Fucked.
Twitter choosing a new policy wouldn’t be affected by the constitution.
That’s the point I’m making, yes.
The twitter thing was never a free speech issue, while this CDC thing is, yet the outcry for twitter seems to have been far louder than the actual govt censorship.
Twitter was absolutely a free speech issue, it’s just not a legal issue because despite all the propaganda the US free speech protections are very narrow in scope, only applying to the government.
It also reflects a more general trend in US mindsets where it’s only the government that can violate people’s rights and not private entities. To an extend it helps this takeover by Musk, they are not “real government” they are outsiders that are taking on the “deep” state.
We’re done pretending the constitution matters
Best we can do is spend a decade in court getting up to the SCROTUS where you would then lose.
“Hey Doc, I am here to review whatever it is that you are publishing… Me? Nope I am not a doctor but that doesn’t matter, I have this list of words in my pocket and I just need to strike them outta whatever it is that you are publishing…”
“To enforce censorship”
“Forbidden terms” is cenenting the idea that we cant say words like gender. So people wont refer to the people who disappear.
This reminds me of “The Dictator” so much.
Citizens of the US, I’ve got some Aladeen news for you.
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