Supreme Court Skeptical of Lawsuit Claiming Biden Administration Unlawfully Pressured Social Media on Misinformation
• Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of challenge to Biden administration contacts with social media platforms over misinformation • Lawsuit claims government violated conservative users' free speech rights by pressuring platforms to remove certain posts • Administration argues it sought to curb online COVID and election misinformation that was causing harm, not coerce platforms • Questions focused on whether plaintiffs had standing to sue and whether government caused demonstrable harm • Ruling, expected by end of June, could clarify line between government persuasion and unlawful coercion of platforms