Supreme Court Strikes Down Republican Challenge to Biden Administration’s Efforts Urging Social Media Platforms to Remove Disinformation

The Supreme Court ruled against a group of conservatives who sued the Biden administration — alleging the White House violated the First Amendment by pressuring Facebook and other tech platforms to remove “disinformation” — saying they failed to show they were harmed by the administration’s efforts.

In the 6-3 ruling issued Wednesday, the Supreme Court said the individual and state plaintiffs in the case did not have standing to seek a preliminary injunction against federal executive-branch officials and agencies over their official communications with social-media companies about the spread of misinformation online.

“The plaintiffs fail, by and large, to link their past social-media restrictions and the defendants’ communications

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