The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to appeal a Tuesday federal court ruling that found it likely violated the First Amendment by meeting with tech companies about social media censorship.

According to a Wednesday report by Bloomberg, the Department of Justice said it will appeal the ruling, which bans certain federal officials and agencies from contacting social media companies in efforts to suppress speech, and filed a notice of appeal with the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans earlier in the day.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reacted to the ruling Wednesday by telling reporters the administration disagreed with it, but wouldn't directly respond to a question about the censorship of conservative speech.

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The Tuesday injunction by Louisiana Judge Terry A. Doughty was in response to recent lawsuits from Louisiana and Missouri attorneys general. The suits allege that the White House coerced or "significantly encourage[d]" tech companies to suppress free speech during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal officials and agencies the ruling barred from meeting with social media companies in efforts to suppress speech include some of Biden's Cabinet members, such as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, as well as Jean-Pierre.

Google, Meta and Twitter were all named in the lawsuits.

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The injunction, which was obtained by Fox News, stated that the government's actions "likely violate the Free Speech Clause" and that the court "is not persuaded by Defendants’ arguments." It also claimed that "the censorship alleged in this case almost exclusively targeted conservative speech," but that issues the case raises are "beyond party lines."

Fox News' Andrea Vacchiano contributed to this report.

The annual Peachtree Road Race in Georgia ended in heartbreak for defending champion Senbere Teferi who mistakenly made a wrong turn just within sight of the finish line, losing out on the $10,000 first place prize. 

Teferi, a two-time Olympian and long distance runner representing Ethiopia, finished in third place just four seconds behind Fotyen Tesfay in the Elite Women’s category on Tuesday after she mistakenly followed a police motorbike that appeared to be leading the pack in the 10k road race. 

Organizers of the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race released a statement saying it was "disappointed" over the incident. 

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"As our defending champion, Senbere Teferi, was approaching the finish line, it looks like she momentarily became confused and followed a police motorcycle when it turned off the course.

"She was within sight of the finish banner, but we understand that in the heat of competition instructions can be misinterpreted. As an organization, we are disappointed whenever we fall short of perfection, and in this case, it appears we did."

According to the AJC, Teferi held the lead for the majority of the race before making that final turn. 

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"I was really upset by Senbere’s mistake because she was in the front and she was leading, but she took that last turn," Tesfay, the first place finisher, said of the result, via the New York Post.

"I saw the finish line. At first I thought they didn’t really show us that well yesterday where the finish was. But after I saw that car turn, I saw the finish sign in front of me, so I pushed ahead. But I was really upset because I really planned to stick with Senbere at the finish."

According to the Post, Teferi missed out on the $10,000 prize and instead settled for $3,000 awarded to the third place finisher. 

Teferi made her Olympic debut at the Summer Games in 2016 where she finished fifth in the women’s 5,000 meter. At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, she finished sixth in the same event.