Biden Officials Blocked From Encouraging Social Media Moderation

Biden administration officials were again barred by the Fifth Circuit from pushing social media companies to moderate content on their websites.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit partially affirmed the decision of a lower court to preliminarily enjoin certain members of the administration for allegedly infringing the First Amendment rights of users who posted “divisive” content about Covid-19, election fraud, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.

“The platforms, in capitulation to state-sponsored pressure, changed their moderation policies,” Tuesday’s per curiam opinion said. “The platforms explicitly recognized that.”

The opinion comes one week after the appeals court withdrew a similar ...