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“Individuals with the greatest influence online should be held to higher standards of platform-policy compliance and basic human decency,” said Free Press’ Nora Benavidez.

The assassination attempt unleashed a firehose of contradictory conspiracy theories that highlight a highly polarized political landscape.

“It’s a combustible moment,” said Nora Benavidez, a misinformation expert at Free Press.

The court declined to rule on whether it was constitutional for states to pass legislation that limit the powers of social-media companies to moderate their content.

Justice Elena Kagan said the platforms, like newspapers, deserve protection from governments’ intrusion in determining what to include or exclude from their space.

The decision will permit the government to call on tech companies to remove falsehoods — which could be critical in the run-up to the presidential election.

The ruling that could bolster official efforts to fight misinformation in a key election year.

The ruling is a major victory for the Biden administration, which sought to limit the spread online of election- and COVID-related misinformation.

The ruling reverses lower-court decisions that blocked federal officials and agencies from working with tech companies to remove disinformation.