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|procedural_history=[https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/ Eric Schmitt], a Senator from Missouri in 2023, filed suits in 2020 - 2022 against the Biden administration when he was the [https://ago.mo.gov/ Missouri Attorney General].
|procedural_history=[https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/ Eric Schmitt], a Senator from Missouri in 2023, filed suits in 2020 - 2022 against the Biden administration when he was the [https://ago.mo.gov/ Missouri Attorney General].

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Missouri v. Biden
Court Western District of Louisiana
Citation
Date decided July 2023

Facts

Facebook and other social media de-boosted (or shadow banned) the "Great Barrington Declaration" on their platforms.

Procedural History

Eric Schmitt, a Senator from Missouri in 2023, filed suits in 2020 - 2022 against the Biden administration when he was the Missouri Attorney General.

Issues

Should the executive branch agencies be allowed to tell social media companies to limit misinformation?

Holding

In July 2023, Judge Terry Doughty ruled that officials had over-stepped their constitutional remit.