Supreme Court Sides with Biden Administration on Social Media Pressure

How far can the federal government go to remove alleged misinformation on social media? That was the issue before the Supreme Court and in Wednesday's ruling, the justices decided the White House and other federal agencies can urge social media platforms to take down certain posts.

"It's very frustrating for the free speech community. It's been called Orwellian by lower court judges," said Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law Professor. It was a case based on claims the Biden Administration was trying to censor conservative views on topics like COVID-19 and the 2020 election. But the White House argues it must communicate with social media apps about potentially dangerous misinformation.

Ultimately, the high court ruled 6 to 3 that the states and social media users who sued did not have legal grounds to even bring the case. A technicality, but a major election-year win for President Biden since this ruling could impact what voters see online.The court's conservative justices were divided on this: 3 with the majority and 3 against.

Justice Alito wrote:"For months high-ranking government officials placed unrelenting pressure on Facebook to suppress Americans' free speech. Because the court unjustifiably refuses to address this serious threat to the First Amendment, I respectfully dissent."Of course, the big one we're waiting on is Donald Trump's presidential immunity decision. But we're also waiting for a ruling on another abortion-related case.

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