Supreme Court Sides <br />With Biden Administration , in Social Media Case.<br />Attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, and other right-wing individuals, .<br />Attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, and other right-wing individuals, .<br />previously brought a lawsuit against the government, alleging that it had influenced what social media companies allow on their sites.<br />In particular, plaintiffs in the case of Murthy v. Missouri questioned whether the Biden administration violated free speech protections amid the pandemic when social networks were instructed to remove COVID misinformation.<br />In particular, plaintiffs in the case of Murthy v. Missouri questioned whether the Biden administration violated free speech protections amid the pandemic when social networks were instructed to remove COVID misinformation.<br />On July 4, 2023, Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty <br />agreed with the plaintiffs and restricted members of the Biden administration from interacting with social media companies in an attempt to moderate their content.<br />The U.S. Supreme Court struck <br />down the lower court's ruling by a vote of <br />6-3 on June 26, 'The Guardian' reports. .<br />The plaintiffs, without any <br />concrete link between their injuries <br />and the defendants’ conduct, , Justice Amy Coney Barrett, via majority opinion.<br />... ask us to conduct a review of the <br />years-long communications between dozens <br />of federal officials, across different agencies, <br />with different social-media platforms, <br />about different topics, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, via majority opinion.<br />This court’s standing doctrine <br />prevents us from ‘exercis[ing such] <br />general legal oversight’ of the <br />other branches of government, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, via majority opinion.<br />Ultimately, Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the lower court "glossed over complexities in the evidence" and <br />"also erred by treating the defendants, plaintiffs <br />and platforms each as a unified whole.".<br />Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas <br />and Neil Gorsuch dissented.<br />Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas <br />and Neil Gorsuch dissented.<br />For months, high-ranking government officials <br />placed unrelenting pressure on Facebook to <br />suppress Americans’ free speech, Justice Samuel Alito, via dissenting opinion.<br />The Court, however, shirks that duty and thus <br />permits the successful campaign of coercion in <br />this case to stand as an attractive model for <br />future officials who want to control what <br />the people say, hear, and think, Justice Samuel Alito, via dissenting opinion
