The Supreme Court is sending two social media cases back to lower courts. Three years ago, Florida and Texas passed laws that aim to restrict the power of social media companies to curb what they deem as objectionable content. Tech industry trade groups had challenged the Republican-backed laws. But Supreme Court justices returned the cases […]
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Supreme Court sends two social media cases back to lower courts
The Supreme Court is sending two social media cases back to lower courts. Three years ago, Florida and Texas passed laws that aim to restrict the power of social media companies to curb what they deem as objectionable content. Tech industry trade groups had challenged the Republican-backed laws. But Supreme Court justices returned the cases to lower courts. The laws were signed in the months following decisions by Facebook and Twitter to suspend then-President Trump from their platforms because of his posts related to the January 6th Capitol riot.
