The high court delivered a blow to GOP states’ push to block the Biden administration from coordinating with social media companies.
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GOP-led states lost their bid to block the Biden administration from contacting social media companies to remove misinformation, as the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday they do not have standing to challenge the government’s work with social media platforms—delivering a blow to conservatives’ long-standing complaints that platforms are purportedly biased against them.Key Facts
Missouri, Louisiana and several individuals sued the Biden administration over its contacts with social media companies, claiming the government waged “a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government,” such as by asking platforms to remove misinformation about COVID-19 and 2020 election.
Justices ruled 6-3 the states and individuals did not have standing to bring the case, as they could not show any personal harm to them that was caused by the government’s contacts and they “fail” to show how any past restrictions they faced were directly caused by the Biden administration’s contacts.
