Nonilex, 2 months ago

#SCOTUS is likely to decide the cases by June, in the critical months ahead of the #election.

#FirstAmendment experts warn that either argument could lead to outcomes that would be deleterious for #democracy. If the court rules in favor of the #tech companies, the industry could argue that the 1A precludes a broad array of proposed #regulation. If the states win, govts across the country may push ahead w/rules that give states unprecedented #influence over #political #discourse #online.

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Nonilex, 2 months ago

This is just one of several high-profile #tech cases on #SCOTUS’s docket, as the court increasingly weighs how centuries of #FreeSpeech precedent applies to the #digital sphere. Next month, the high court will hear arguments in a case that weighs whether the #FirstAmendment precludes government officials from pressuring tech companies to remove #content.

#law #SocialMedia #content #moderation

Nonilex, 2 months ago

Mon’s oral arguments will mark the 1st time #SCOTUS reviews state #laws declaring that major #SocialMedia companies are “#CommonCarriers,” a designation #conservatives argue should bar platforms from #discriminating against #users based on their #political views.

#ClarenceThomas helped popularize the… once #fringe #legal theory, in a widely cited 2021 opinion …he argued that “some #digital #platforms are sufficiently akin to common carriers … to be regulated in this manner.”
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