TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Liz Slagle Todaro on Jun 26, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a case that had placed significant restrictions on government officials’ ability to communicate with social media companies regarding their content-moderation policies, NPR reports. In a 6 to 3 decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court reversed a lower court ruling on the ground those challenging the interactions lacked standing. The case arose from the Biden administration’s efforts to address the spread of false information around certain issues including COVID-19 vaccines and foreign interference in elections. The court did not decide the question of what precisely constitutes permissible contacts between executive branch officials and social media companies. SCOTUSblog has more on the case.