An internet industry association asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a 2021 Florida law that interfered with the editorial prerogatives of social media companies. The association said, “The law openly abridges the targeted companies’ First Amendment right to exercise editorial judgment over what content to disseminate on their websites via requirements that are speaker-based, content-based and viewpoint-discriminatory.” (CBS News, October 24, 2022, by CBS Miami Team)
The case is attracting its share of amicus briefs with Section 230 in jeopardy and Twitter and Facebook faced with publishing all content regardless of its veracity and incendiary nature. (Protocol, October 124, 2022, by Ben Brody and Hirsh Chitkara)
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