The Wall Street Journal condemned a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that the paper's Editorial Board suggested would give the government free rein to engage in social media censorship. A 6-3 majority of the highest court gave President Biden a big win on Wednesday when it tossed a lawsuit that accused the current administration of colluding with social media platforms to suppress views on the COVID-19 pandemic.
This ruling correctly affirms the federal government's right to notify the platforms about credible digital threats from foreign and domestic actors and puts the onus on tech companies to take those threats seriously,' Sacha Haworth, executive director of the Tech Oversight Project, told CNN. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre praised the ruling in a statement.
The Justice Department had previously argued that the temporary ban would cause 'irreparable harm' because it may prevent the federal government from 'working with social media companies on initiatives to prevent grave harm to the American people and our democratic processes.' However, Alito said, 'If the lower courts' assessment of the voluminous record is correct, this is one of the most important free speech cases to reach this Court in years.
Fox News' Brianna Herlihy contributed to this report.
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