The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 6 declined to hear an appeal filed by conservative influencer Laura Loomer, who accused social media companies of conspiring to suppress her speech and undermine her congressional campaigns.
Loomer sued Meta and Twitter—now rebranded as X—in 2022 over her removal from the platforms.
Twitter suspended Loomer in 2018 for what it described as hateful conduct. Facebook banned her in 2019, along with other high-profile people it labeled as “dangerous individuals.”
These censorship efforts, she said, had undermined her bids for Congress in Florida’s 21st and 11th districts in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
“Social media is critical to campaigns, especially during COVID-19 restrictions that limited traditional campaigning methods like door-to-door canvassing and public events,” her lawyers wrote in a June 25 petition to the Supreme Court. “Loomer had no social media for any of her campaigns due to social media bans.”…