The Biden administration was granted a technical but significant election-year victory on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the White House and federal agencies, including the FBI, may continue to urge social media platforms to remove content that the government considers misinformation.
The Department of Homeland Security may continue to flag posts to social media companies such as Facebook and X that it believes may be the work of foreign agents seeking to disrupt this year’s presidential campaign. This decision is of immediate significance.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Court declined to address the significant First Amendment issues that the case raised, instead concluding that the state and social media users who opposed the Biden administration lacked the legal authority to file a lawsuit.
