US Asks Supreme Court to Pause Social Media Contacts Block

The US Solicitor General asked the US Supreme Court to pause an early block on the Biden administration’s contact with social media platforms over moderating vaccine misinformation.

The government made the request Tuesday in a second memorandum, after the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit withdrew its ruling that upheld but limited the trial court’s preliminary injunction. The Fifth Circuit also ordered that the preliminary injunction issued by the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana remain stayed, pending resolution of a petition for panel rehearing by the states of Missouri and Louisiana.

The high court ...