Supreme Court Urged to Stay Injunction Against Government Social Media Censorship

Attorneys general have alleged the federal government ‘coerced and significantly encouraged’ social media platforms to remove alleged misinformation.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of the Instagram logo in this picture illustration taken on March 28, 2018. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A constitutional rights organization and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost have urged the Supreme Court to keep in place an injunction preventing government-pressured social media censorship.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), in an amicus brief filed (pdf) on Sept. 20, asked the high court to keep the injunction in place to protect Americans’ First Amendment rights while litigation regarding the case—Missouri v. Biden—remains ongoing.