Supreme Court tosses out claim Biden administration coerced social media companies to remove content
The Supreme Court threw out claims that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing contentious content.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out claims that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing contentious content.
In reaching its conclusion, the court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues if allowed to go into effect. The Supreme Court had previously put the injunction on hold.
The court on a 6-3 vote found that plaintiffs did not have standing to sue.
President Biden in Sturtevant, Wis., on May 8, 2024.Evan Vucci / APWriting for the majority, conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the plaintiffs, Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, along with five social media users, had failed to show they had suffered harm at the hands of specific government officials.
She noted that social media platforms routinely moderated content even before the alleged coercion happened.
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