Win for Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ at High Court in Landmark Dispute Over Online Free Speech

The court rules that the two states and five social media users bringing the lawsuit didn’t have standing to sue.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
The Supreme Court on June 18, 2024. AP/Jose Luis Magana

The Supreme Court has handed a win to the Biden administration in a dispute alleging a mass online censorship campaign by the White House towards social media platforms — holding the states and social media users bringing the challenge didn’t have standing — in one of several landmark social media and First Amendment cases the justices are weighing this term. 

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