BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Biden admin over Covid-era social media censorship

The Supreme Court came down with a decision on Wednesday in a free speech case, ruling that the plaintiffs in the case did not have legal standing to sue the government.  

In the case of Murthy v Missouri, Republican attorneys general as well as people who had social media posts downgraded have argued that Surgeon General Murthy and the Biden administration coordinated with the Biden White House in order to pressure social media companies into taking down specific content related to COVID-19. They have argued that the campaign to pressure social media companies amounted to an infringement on the First Amendment.  

The case was filed in 2022 in Louisiana by the Missouri and Louisiana AGs, per SCOTUS Blog. This along with several social media users, some of which were epidemiologists and doctors. The challengers contended that posts on Facebook, YouTube, and X had been suppressed due to government pressure of social media companies.  

In July 2023, US District Judge Terry Doughty ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, writing that the government had violated their right to free speech. The 5th Circuit then upheld Doughty's decision. The Biden administration subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case.  

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