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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Justice Alito slams Biden for ‘inflammatory’ comments in Supreme Court’s Covid disinformation case

REUTERS

Conservative Justice Samuel Alito blasted the Supreme Court for rejecting claims that President Joe Biden unlawfully coerced social media companies to remove disinformation on their platforms.

Alito, whose dissent was joined by justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, argued that the Biden administration impeded on the “free marketplace of ideas” by preventing “dissenting views” on Covid-19, posing a “serious threat” to the First Amendment.

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