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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Administration’s Power to Regulate Social Media Content
A Supreme Court justice in the United States has decided to extend a temporary block order. Justice Samuel Alito has developed the block on restricting the ability of the President’s administration.
This block prevents the administration from encouraging social media platforms to remove content when it deems fit.
The administration under President Joe Biden has the power to remove content from these platforms if it is spreading false information on matters that concern public safety.
Now that the Supreme Court justice has extended the temporary block, the administration will have limited power on that front.
The court’s decision to keep the matter on hold is until Wednesday. This time will be crucial for considering the administration’s request to block an injunction from a lower court.
The demand states that the federal officials are violating free speech protections under the Constitution of the United States.
Earlier social media platforms have also stated the same. The government-imposed restrictions are a clear violation of their rights under the constitution’s first amendment, they feel.
Justice Alito has halted the lower court ruling that took place yesterday, September 22.
He is the judge in the court who has the power to act on some issues coming from the state of Louisiana. This lawsuit had initially originated in Louisiana.
Republican attorneys general from Missouri and Louisiana, and many social media users have brought about a lawsuit against federal officials. They accuse the government of unlawful suppression of constitutionally protected speech.
The lawsuit mainly deals with speech on major social media platforms like Meta’s Facebook, Alphabet’s YouTube, and X, previously known as Twitter. Subject matters that face restrictions are around posts containing pandemic-related misinformation.
Biden administration is of the opinion that the officials acted within the law. They were steps to combat online misinformation by checking the social media companies of content violating their policies.
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