PYMNTS.com September 10, 2023
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling limiting how the White House can communicate with social media platforms.
The ruling Friday (Sept. 8) by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says that President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to restrict what it deems misleading content about COVID-19 on social media was a free speech violation.
“The officials have engaged in a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government,” a three-judge panel wrote. “The harms that radiate from such conduct extend far beyond just the Plaintiffs; it impacts every social-media user.”
However, the ruling also scales back the original ruling, which had applied to the Departments of Homeland...
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