The appeals court action shocked the industry, which has been largely successful in batting back Republican state leaders’ efforts to regulate social media companies’ content-moderation policies. The Texas law, which was signed by GOP Gov. In filing the emergency application to the Supreme Court, the tech trade groups are seeking to vacate that decision. The law reflects conservatives’ long-running claims that Silicon Valley social media companies are “censoring” them. Florida last year passed a similar social media law, which was blocked from taking effect.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2022 10:18 UTC