Worth noting that this is a something of a misrepresentation of Flaherty's email[0] by the judge. Flaherty said
> All, especially given the Journal's reporting on your internal work on political violence spurred by Facebook groups, I am also curious about the new rules as part of the "overhaul."
Referring to this[1] WSJ article that details explicit calls to violence on FB. He then specifically quotes part of FB's response in his question
> I am seeing that you will no longer promote civic and health related groups, but I am wondering if the reforms here extend further?
So Flaherty was absolutely not accusing Facebook "of causing 'political violence' by failing to censor false COVID-19 claims", he was accusing FB of hosting actual calls to violence.
> All, especially given the Journal's reporting on your internal work on political violence spurred by Facebook groups, I am also curious about the new rules as part of the "overhaul."
Referring to this[1] WSJ article that details explicit calls to violence on FB. He then specifically quotes part of FB's response in his question
> I am seeing that you will no longer promote civic and health related groups, but I am wondering if the reforms here extend further?
So Flaherty was absolutely not accusing Facebook "of causing 'political violence' by failing to censor false COVID-19 claims", he was accusing FB of hosting actual calls to violence.
[0]https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63290154/174/1/missouri...
[1]https://archive.is/6q67O