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The Supreme Court is ruling on a case that arose out of efforts by the government to push social media platforms to take down posts that officials said spread falsehoods about the pandemic. A U.S. district court judge said White House officials violated free speech by "coercing" or "significantly encouraging" decisions by social media sites. Some say the government has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens from misinformation. Justice Jackson said "I'm really worried about that, because you've got the First Amendment operating in an environment of threatening circumstances from the government's perspective, and you're saying the government can't interact with the source of those problems." Will or should the fact that much of the misinformation turned out be true have any effect on the final decision.