Biden Officials Likely Violated First Amendment on Social Media: 5th Circuit Court

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that several Biden administration officials likely breached the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies.

The White House in Washington on July 10, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that several Biden administration officials had likely breached the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies to moderate or take down content they deemed problematic.

But the three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed much of an injunction issued by a Louisiana judge that restricted Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration from communicating with social media companies.