Nonilex, 3 months ago to internet #SCOTUS will hear oral arguments Mon in 2 cases that could transform how #SocialNetworks operate — w/sweeping consequences for a host of #federal & #state efforts to regulate the #internet. The court is reviewing #laws passed in #Florida & #Texas intended to address allegations that #SocialMedia companies #censor #conservative viewpoints by imposing limits on whether firms can block or take down #content. #law #moderation #tech #media https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/26/supreme-court-social-media-netchoice-texas-florida/
#SCOTUS will hear oral arguments Mon in 2 cases that could transform how #SocialNetworks operate — w/sweeping consequences for a host of #federal & #state efforts to regulate the #internet. The court is reviewing #laws passed in #Florida & #Texas intended to address allegations that #SocialMedia companies #censor #conservative viewpoints by imposing limits on whether firms can block or take down #content.
#law #moderation #tech #media https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/26/supreme-court-social-media-netchoice-texas-florida/
Nonilex, 3 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.” #law #moderation
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.” #law #moderation