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The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social

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  1. CNN

    What the Supreme Court ruling on social media means (opens CNN)

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a decision that could have enormous consequences for the 2024 election, saying the US government can – for now – keep warning social media companies about mis- and disinformation threats it’s seeing online.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    The Supreme Court rules for the Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rules for the Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states.

  3. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social

  4. WMUR

    Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states (opens WMUR)

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    The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit claiming Biden censored social media (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The case is among several before the court this term that affect social media companies in the context of free speech.

  6. NPR

    Supreme Court rules in favor of Biden administration in social media case (opens NPR)

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    The court by a vote of 6 to 3 ruled that those challenging the government’s interaction with social media companies lacked legal standing to sue.

  7. Digital Journal

    US top court declines to curb govt contact with social media firms (opens Digital Journal)

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    The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led bid to curb government contact with social media companies to moderate their content, a ruling

  8. WHEC Rochester

    Supreme Court tosses out claim Biden administration coerced social media companies to remove content (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out claims that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing contentious content.In reaching its conclusion, the court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and soci…

  9. NBC Los Angeles

    Supreme Court sides with Biden administration's push to restrict misinformation on social media (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Missouri, Louisiana and five social media users sued the administration over claims that the platforms are censoring conservative viewpoints.

  10. Fox News

    Supreme Court conservatives clash over ruling on Biden's social media influence (opens Fox News)

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    Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett clashed over the Supreme Court's ruling on a social media censorship case on Wednesday.

  11. NPR

    Supreme Court backs Biden administration in social media case (opens NPR)

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    The case arose from the Biden administration’s efforts to address the spread of false information surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, foreign interference in elections, and much more.

  12. The Daily Caller

    Supreme Court Sides With Biden Admin In Landmark Censorship Case (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Encouraging social media companies to censor speech

  13. Time

    Supreme Court Rules for Biden Administration in Social Media Row (opens Time)

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    The Supreme Court sided with the Biden Administration in a row with Republican-led states over controversial social media posts.

  14. Gopusa

    Supreme Court Rules for Biden Admin in Social Media Free Speech Case (opens Gopusa)

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    The Supreme Court threw out a challenge on June 26 to the federal government’s actions when it communicated with social media platforms about public health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The justices voted 6–3 to find that those challenging the government lacked legal standing to do so.

  15. Legal Insurrection

    Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge Against Biden Admin Pressuring Social Media to Censor Speech (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    The majority held that the plaintiffs did not establish Article III standing. The plaintiffs requested "forward-looking relief." Therefore, they had to prove they would face "a real and immediate threat of repeated injury."

  16. Variety

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

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    The Supreme Court ruled that conservatives who sued over the White House's efforts to curb "disinformation" on social platforms had no standing.

  17. CNN

    Supreme Court allows White House to press social media companies to remove disinformation (opens CNN)

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory.

  18. Los Angeles Times

    Supreme Court dismisses Republican suit claiming Biden officials censored social media (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Casting aside claims that conservatives are censored, Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit from Republican state attorneys.

  19. Talking Points Memo

    Supreme Court Uses Biden Social Media Case To Slap Down 5th Circuit Yet Again (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a couple of red states and individual far-right actors lacked standing to ban the Biden administration from urging tech companies to suppress disinformation.

  20. Roll Call

    Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over social media censorship claims (opens Roll Call)

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to curtail federal government outreach on social media content moderation.

  21. Deadline

    Supreme Court Sides With White House In Case Challenging Government Efforts To Curb Social Media Disinformation (opens Deadline)

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    The Supreme Court sided with the White House in a challenge to the administration's efforts to curb disinformation on social media. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices rules that two states and five social media users lacked standing to show that First Amendment rights were violated as Biden...

  22. Forbes

    Supreme Court Won’t Stop Biden Administration From Working With Social Media Companies (opens Forbes)

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    The high court delivered a blow to GOP states

  23. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in social media censorship case (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday found that the state of Missouri did not have standing to challenge the Biden administration's alleged coercion and efforts to encourage censorship on social media. The 6-3 majority opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett found that the plaintiffs, which included individu…

  24. Fortune

    The Supreme Court rules in Biden's favor, tossing out GOP claims that Democrats coerced social media companies to stamp out conservative points of view (opens Fortune)

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    The case is among several before the court this term that affect social media companies in the context of free speech.

  25. UPI

    Supreme Court rejects challenge to government's requests to remove social media misinformation (opens UPI)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday ruled against plaintiffs and for the federal government Wednesday in a case testing the limits of what the government can do to restrict misinformation content on social media.

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