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By Suzanne Burdick Ph.D.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a temporary block on an appeals court order that would have restricted the Biden administration from communicating with social media companies about COVID-19-related and other content the government deems “misinformation.”
Alito’s extension relates to a federal judge’s injunction issued July 4 in the Missouri et al. v. Biden et al. censorship case. The injunction was later upheld by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which concluded federal officials likely violated the First Amendment by coercing social media platforms to censor certain posts.