Supreme Court questions restricting government efforts to limit Covid-19 misinformation
WASHINGTON — Most of the Supreme Court’s justices on Monday seemed to question states’ arguments that the Biden administration coerced social media giants to regulate Covid-19 content and thereby violated Americans’ freedom of speech.
The case, Murthy v. Missouri, centers on whether Biden officials overstepped their authority when asking companies like Twitter and Facebook to remove or downgrade content flagged as Covid-19 misinformation, including posts questioning vaccine safety, shutdown measures and the virus’ origins.
