The social media law cases are among the opinions yet to be handed down by the highest court this session, our colleagues Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee reported.
Tech industry groups challenged the state laws that seek to prevent social media companies from banning users for their political views, even if platform policies were violated.
The laws were passed after the 2020 election based on allegations from conservatives that they were being treated unfairly and censored by mainstream platforms.
The right-wing outrage escalated after mainstream platforms blocked former President Trump from accessing his account after comments he made about the riot at the Capital on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has since been let back on Meta-owned Facebook, as well as X, formerly known as Twitter.
The case will center around the First Amendment. The tech industry groups argued the laws violate the platforms’ First Amendment right decide what content they choose to host.
The Supreme Court will weigh in after two lower courts reached conflicting opinions on the two state laws.
Read more in a report at TheHill.com.
