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Supreme Court dismisses Republican suit claiming Biden officials censored social media – Los Angeles Times

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cast aside claims that the Biden administration has been censoring conservatives by pressing social media sites to take down dangerous misinformation.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices threw out a lawsuit from state attorneys in Louisiana and Missouri, and said they had no standing to bring such claims.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch dissented.

The ruling throws out a broad court order issued last year by federal judge in Louisiana and upheld by the 5th Circuit Court that threatened hundreds of Biden administration officials with a contempt citation if they “significantly encouraged” a platform to remove some content.

Social media sites did not sue or complain their rights were violated.

Instead, Republican state attorneys in Missouri and Louisiana sued alleging the right to free speech in this country was being violated by the Biden administration’s “sprawling federal censorship enterprise…”

Source: Supreme Court dismisses Republican suit claiming Biden officials censored social media – Los Angeles Times