Wednesday Magistrate Hearing Set on RFK Jr. 's TRO Motion vs. Google

August 14, 2023 |Litigation Notebook

An in-person hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Google and YouTube (see 2308100056) is set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. PDT before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins for Northern California in San Francisco, said a TRO hearing notice Thursday (docket 5:23-cv-03880). Kennedy sued Google Aug. 2 in a First Amendment lawsuit alleging a “censorship campaign” over his comments on COVID-19 and other vaccines (see [Ref:2308030049). The Democratic presidential candidate seeks a TRO to stop YouTube from using its “’medical misinformation’ policies” to remove videos of Kennedy’s speeches "on matters of public concern” during the 2024 presidential campaign.