An appellate court panel heard arguments Thursday about a lower-court ruling that would restrict the Biden administration’s ability to interact with social media companies on content moderation.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit weighed whether to allow a district court’s preliminary injunction to go into effect as the case works through the courts.
That injunction, which the 5th Circuit has paused for now, would block various federal government entities from contacting in any form social media companies to remove content with “protected free speech.”
