The Supreme Court is set to decide whether government demands to remove social media posts violate the First Amendment.
Demonstrators stand in front of the home of Sen. Ted Cruz demanding his resignation on Feb. 18, 2021, in Houston. Cruz received criticism on social media for taking a family vacation to Mexico during a deadly winter storm. In the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, activists gathered outside the Houston home of Sen.
the pandemic and elections amounted to illegal censorship. The Justice Department is defending the Biden administration, arguing that the Constitution permits the use of the bully pulpit to protect the public. Tech industry executives and civil society groups say the case now before the Supreme Court requires a nuanced review, especially as the evolution of artificial intelligence presents new disinformation risks in a critical election year. Alex Abdo, litigation director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which filed a brief in support of neither party, urged the court to clarify the constitutional line between coercion and persuasion.
government and law enforcement following revelations of Russian interference, sharing findings on how foreign operatives, terrorists and extremists were using the internet to mislead people. When the pandemic hit and social mediaAs Washington policymakers increasingly scrutinized social media, they more frequently sought to influence the companies’ decisions.
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