Biden Administration’s Policing of Online Content Likely Violated Free-Speech Rights, Court Rules

President Biden talks about the newly approved Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. A federal appeals court ruled the Biden administration’s policing of social-media content during the pandemic likely violated the First Amendment, a decision that bars White House aides and other officials from pressuring online platforms to suppress protected speech. In a 74-page opinion released late Friday, the New Orleans-based U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said administration officials coerced social-media platforms to censor disfavored views about...