What’s at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court case on misinformation?

Concerns over medical misinformation are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-simmering tensions over two fundamental concepts: Freedom of speech and the federal government’s responsibility to protect people from what it considers false and dangerous claims. These are the core issues in a landmark case, Murthy v. Missouri, on which the Supreme Court of the United States is expected to issue a decision this summer. During the initial oral arguments, which took place in March, government physicians and public health officials sounded the alarm that the proliferation of false Read More