Supreme Court takes on Texas, Florida laws targeting social media companies

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The US Supreme Court agreed to decide the legality of Republican-backed state laws in Texas and Florida that put constrain on social media companies.

that constrain the ability of social media companies to curb content on their platforms that these businesses deem objectionable.

The industry challengers to the laws are NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, industry groups whose members include Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube, as well as TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter.“It is high time that the Supreme Court resolves whether governments can force websites to publish dangerous content.

Advocates of content moderation have argued for the need to stop misinformation and the amplification of extremist causes.

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