Author: Bijoy Daniel

The Supreme Court is considering a disagreement between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how much power the federal government has to address controversial social media posts about topics such as COVID-19 and election security. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Missouri and others accusing officials in the Democratic administration of pressuring the social media platforms to unconstitutionally suppress conservative points of view. The administration says none of the actions complained about by the states are anywhere close to problematic coercion. Lower courts have supported the states. The Supreme Court stopped those decisions while it examines the issue. The case involves posts on Facebook, X and other media platforms.

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared to come to former President Trump’s defense on Sunday over media coverage of the former president’s “bloodbath” comments, saying people should use X instead to avoid being “misled by the legacy media.” Musk suggested that the “legacy media” were taking Trump’s comments on Saturday out of context when reporting on…

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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) criticized the 'absurd criticism' of former President Trump, who is receiving backlash for calling some undocumented immigrants 'not people' and issuing a warning of a 'bloodbath' if he is not reelected in November. “And now you have this absurd criticism of Donald Trump coming out,…

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