The first was a political and legal effort by conservative politicians to restrict truth-telling and information-sharing by social media companies. Social media companies have insisted their technology is politically neutral, a claim their conservative critics have turned against them to devastating effect. In Texas and Florida, Republican lawmakers passed legislation in 2021 that would restrict the ability of social media companies to moderate their own websites. Officials from both states explicitly said the laws were intended to keep social media from unfairly silencing conservatives. Notably, the court left the Texas and Florida laws blocked for now and tacitly allowed the Biden administration to keep communicating with social media companies.

Source: CNN October 21, 2024 18:11 UTC