US top court declines to curb govt contact with social media firms

The decision hands a win to President Joe Biden's administration and top government agencies ahead of the presidential vote in November, allowing them to continue notifying major platforms such as Facebook and X about what they deem as false or hateful content. The justices, voting 6-3, threw out the case on the grounds that the challengers -- including two states and social media users -- had not suffered a direct injury that provided a legal standing to sue. "The plaintiffs, without any concrete...