A federal appeals court on Friday ruled the White House, the FBI and top health officials may not “coerce or significantly encourage” social-media companies to remove content the Biden administration considers misinformation, including about COVID-19.
But the three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed much of an injunction issued by a Louisiana judge that restricted Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration from communicating with social-media companies.
The court placed that injunction on hold for 10 days so the administration could seek the U.S. Supreme Court’s review. The…
