Republican brief argues against social media right to regulate content

In a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, Florida is contending that Facebook and X have the standing of telephone companies so the First Amendment does not give them censorship powers over their users. (CBS News, January 22, 2024, by CBS Miami Team)

Twenty Republican state officials sided with Florida over whether states could regulate social media companies in controlling content. Their reasoning is that companies are different from newspapers in that they serve the public without any “individual bargaining” so should not engage in viewpoint discrimination. (ars technica, January 24, 2024, by Jon Brodkin)

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