Dr. Jay Bhattacharya trends-blacklisted by Twitter; later plaintiff in Murthy v. Missouri
Stanford epidemiologist and Great Barrington Declaration co-author Jay Bhattacharya was placed on a Twitter 'Trends Blacklist' revealed in the Twitter Files in December 2022. He joined Missouri v. Biden as a plaintiff.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of health policy at Stanford Medical School and co-author of the October 2020 Great Barrington Declaration, was revealed in the December 2022 'Twitter Files' releases by journalist Bari Weiss to have been placed on a Twitter 'Trends Blacklist' preventing his posts from trending. Bhattacharya joined Missouri v. Biden (later Murthy v. Missouri) as an individual plaintiff, alleging federal officials coerced platforms to suppress his COVID-19 views. The Fifth Circuit found evidence of coercion in 2023; the Supreme Court reversed on standing grounds in June 2024. Bhattacharya was named NIH Director in 2025.