Supreme Court leans against limiting Biden administration contacts with social media platforms
Source: NBC News
Supreme Court leans against limiting Biden administration contacts with social media platforms
In a “jawboning” case, the justices considered whether officials crossed the line when the Biden administration pressured social media platforms to remove content.
March 18, 2024, 7:00 AM EDT / Updated March 18, 2024, 12:58 PM EDT
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared highly skeptical about claims the Biden administration crossed the line from persuasion to coercion when it told social media platforms to remove problematic content.
At issue is an injunction imposed by a federal judge, currently on hold, that would limit contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues.
During oral arguments, justices across the ideological spectrum questioned whether the conduct of government officials was unlawful and whether plaintiffs that brought the lawsuit could even show they were directly harmed. Among the issues raised was the lack of evidence that government officials threatened punitive action if the social media companies failed to cooperate.
Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, along with five social media users, filed the underlying lawsuit alleging that U.S. government officials went too far in putting pressure on platforms to moderate content. The individual plaintiffs include Covid lockdown opponents and Jim Hoft, the owner of the right-wing website Gateway Pundit.
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that noted that the government indicated that they never applied any sanctions or other restrictions on those companies for the misinformation meaning that the companies made the decisions themselves to keep or remove any content (as "private entities" ).
The other side is claiming the government "strong-armed" those social media companies to comply. Well... what proof is there of that if there was no government-imposed "punishment" that went along with the government requests? 
They just want to remove government completely (unless it is DeSatan and his social media restrictions in FL or Abbott in TX where he basically ran Pornhub out and the VPN signups to still access it in TX, ticked up massively 
).
And good afternoon to you! 
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