The US Supreme Court has overturned an earlier ruling barring federal agencies from coordinating with social media platforms to fight disinformation, arguing that the plaintiffs in the case lacked standing to argue it to begin with.
US Supreme Court Won't Limit Government Contacts on Social Media – News | Reuters
With the issue resolved by a 6-3 decision [PDF] issued Wednesday, the federal government is free to return to reaching out to social media platforms to get what the feds say is significant false information flagged or removed.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett (lead author of the decision), Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson voted to reverse. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented.
For those who may not remember, the fight was between the Biden administration and a group of five individuals and the states of Missouri and Louisiana, and it began as a protest against the government's policing of what the Fed said was covid-19 disinformation during the 2020 pandemic.
