Supreme Court Confronts Claim White House Bullied Social Giants

The US Supreme Court will again try to draw a delicate line in balancing competing online speech rights, this time examining whether the Biden administration went too far in attempting to combat social media disinformation.

In Murthy v. Missouri to be argued Monday, social media users and a pair of GOP-led states say the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other agencies essentially coerced sites like Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and the former Twitter to take down what they dubbed misinformation about Covid and allegations that the 2020 election was stolen.

It’s the latest case this ...