Supreme Court to Decide If States Can Regulate Social Media Content Moderation
• Supreme Court to determine if states can control what content social media platforms remove, impacting how internet has operated for decades • Laws passed in FL & TX in response to conservative concerns about censorship; tech groups argue violates 1st Amendment • Ruling could have major implications beyond these laws - impact regulation of issues like children's safety, AI, antitrust • Tech groups liken platforms to newspapers with editorial discretion; states argue more like utilities that can't discriminate • Decision will shape future of political discourse and 2024 election; odd bedfellows on both sides warn of potentially extreme outcome