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submitted 4 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out claims that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing contentious content.

In reaching its conclusion, the court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues if allowed to go into effect. The Supreme Court had previously put the injunction on hold.

The court on a 6-3 vote found that plaintiffs did not have standing to sue.

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 61 points 4 days ago

The administration argued it sought to mitigate online misinformation hazards. Plaintiffs claimed platforms suppressed conservative-leaning speech under government pressure

"Conservative voices are being silenced!"

-- No, just hate speech and misinformation.

"So you admit it!"

[-] crawancon@lemm.ee 29 points 4 days ago

6-3.. I WONDER WHO THE 3 WERE.

transparent assholes

[-] igg@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

The Three Stooges, the unfunny version.

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Guaranteed it was.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

At least they got this one right

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Weird. Why did the Vatican want this?

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

They wish to continue claiming that Mother Theresa was actually a good person

[-] Supermariofan67@programming.dev -1 points 4 days ago

To anyone supporting the administration in doing this, do you seriously think this is and will always be about actual misinformation, and not pro-palestine speech and similar things? Cut the partisanship please. The government involving itself in the censorship of speech is absolutely a problem.

[-] dwemthy 14 points 4 days ago

From what I can tell this isn't about actually forcing actions about misinformation, it's contacting the platforms. Not allowing the government to say "Hey, Facebook, this misinformation looks like it could make an ongoing public health issue worse." is a boon to misinformation peddlers. Of course Facebook should have every right to say "lol, that's how we make the big bucks" and do nothing, but that communication should be possible and regular.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

do you seriously think this is and will always be about actual misinformation, and not pro-palestine speech and similar things?

No. That's why the Supreme Court exists. If it wasn't about actual misinformation and just removing speech the administration didn't like then the Supreme Court could reverse the action. This is literally how the government is supposed to work.

Putting short-term partisan gain ahead of defending the principals of a free society is a terrible mistake

this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2024
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