The Supreme Court on Monday vacated lower court judgments on a pair of social media laws in Texas and Florida that would have prevented social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts, saying neither court had properly considered the free speech issues in the cases.
The cases tested whether state governments or tech companies have the power to set the rules for what content can appear on the popular social networks, which play an increasingly central role in political discourse and U.S. elections.conservative views. Those accusations reached new levels when Facebook, Twitter and other companies suspended President Donald Trump’s accounts after the.