Biden Turns to High Court in Fight Over Social Media Influence

The US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to immediately intervene to allow Biden administration officials to communicate freely with social media companies while a legal fight goes forward over allegations of government coercion.

The department argued in a filing Thursday that a lower court imposed an overly broad and harmful ban this month on White House staff, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Republican-led states claim the government violated free-speech rights by demanding Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter and Alphabet Inc.’s Google remove posts about Covid-19 and political topics that officials ...