Supreme Court Backs White House on Social Media Post Removal (2)

The US Supreme Court cleared the Biden administration to communicate freely with social media companies in an election-year ruling that bolsters the government’s ability to seek removal of what officials see as misinformation.

The justices, voting 6-3, tossed out court-imposed restrictions on contacts by the White House and several federal agencies. A federal appeals court said the curbs were warranted because government officials had unconstitutionally coerced platforms into taking down posts about the pandemic and the 2020 election.

Writing for the high court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the justices didn’t need to resolve the First Amendment issues in the ...