Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in social media case [Video]

The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Wednesday, allowing federal officials to continue communicating with social media platforms about content moderation policies. The 6-3 decision reverses a lower court ruling that would’ve significantly restricted that ability. The Biden administration says social media companies make independent decisions about the information on their sites, but they engage on topics from terrorism to foreign influence to children’s mental health. The case was brought by two Republican-led states and five social media users who accused the Biden administration of unconstitutionally coercing online platforms to censor conservative views on topics like the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it raises really important First Amendment issues, among the most important in a long time,” American University Law Professor Stephen Wermiel said. “The Court didn’t say there is no concern about this enormous power of the federal government. It just said we don’t have the right people …