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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

Supreme Court backs Biden administration’s push to restrict misinformation on social media

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In a win for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can ask social media companies to remove harmful misinformation on their platforms.

In a 6-3 decision, justices threw out a lower court ruling that limited the government’s ablity to communicate with social media companies, saying that decision was incorrect because the challengers - two states and five social media users - failed to show they were the proper groups to bring the lawsuit.

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