• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    They don’t have to explain the hold for quite some time. Unless something leaks we wouldn’t know

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        1 month ago

        It’s prior restraint, which is commonly mistaken to be illegal. It’s not there’s just a heavy presumption against it and since it’s national security related the court hearings about the subject are usually closed and sealed but the discussion of the governments right to do it aren’t.

        New York Times v US 1971

        There’s also voluntary prior restraint where a publisher decides not to publish because the effects of publication don’t outweigh getting shutdown under the burden of huge legal fees.