The US Supreme Court has rejected a Republican-led effort to limit government contact with social media companies. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday, aims to prevent White House officials and other federal employees from pressuring social media platforms to remove posts deemed problematic by the US government. This decision is part of several impending rulings addressing the online landscape and is seen as a move to bolster official efforts to combat harmful posts and misinformation in a key election year.
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 that could bolster official efforts to fight misinformation in a key election year ⬇️ https://t.co/Miy68Upmq6
The Supreme Court rejected an effort to limit government contact with social media companies to prevent harmful posts and misinformation from spreading on their platforms in one of several impending decisions addressing the online landscape. https://t.co/djE1751sZU
The Supreme Court rejected an effort to limit government contact with social media companies to prevent harmful posts and misinformation from spreading on their platforms in one of several impending decisions addressing the online landscape https://t.co/vcRqjOBzPL