US Supreme Court teases out free speech claims over how White House tried to deal with Covid misinformation

US President Joe Biden. Photo: Sophie Park/Getty Images

Andrew Chung and John Kruzel

US Supreme Court justices appeared sceptical on Monday of a challenge on free speech grounds to how President Joe Biden's administration encouraged social media platforms to remove posts that federal officials deemed misinformation, including about elections and Covid-19.

The justices heard oral arguments in the administration's appeal of a lower court's preliminary injunction constraining how White House and certain other federal officials communicate with social media platforms.