On the 26th, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration’s request for social media companies such as “X” and Facebook to remove posts that it deemed false or inappropriate.

The lawsuit was filed against the Biden administration, which has asked social media companies to remove false and inappropriate posts about COVID-19 vaccines and the presidential election, with the plaintiffs, users and others claiming that this violates the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.

On the 26th, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration’s response, saying, “Social media companies have previously deleted posts they deemed to be false or misleading, and it is unlikely that a new government request for deletion will have an impact on the plaintiffs.”

In July 2023, a federal district court issued an order restricting the measures, finding that they likely violated the freedom of speech guaranteed by the Constitution. The federal appeals court generally upheld the district court’s decision, and now the Supreme Court has overturned the decision.

This will be a boon for the Biden administration, which is working to prevent the spread of fake videos and other content ahead of the presidential election in November.