On 5/24/2022 7:23 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
"US appeals court rejects Florida social media law, finds tech giants
have First Amendment rights
Alexis Keenan·Reporter
Mon, May 23, 2022, 11:52 AM
A U.S. appeals court on Monday blocked a controversial Florida law that
would ban Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites from moderating political speech, kicking political candidates off their platforms, and removing posts from so-called journalistic enterprises.
In an order issued on Monday, a three-judge panel for 11th Circuit Court
of Appeals unanimously upheld a Florida judge's injunction that blocked application of the law passed last year. Enforcement of the statute,
known as SB 7072, has been on hold pending challenges from Big Tech
lobbyist NetChoice.
The decision further entrenches a legal split over whether the First Amendment’s speech protections can be used to stop social media
companies from moderating content as Republican lawmakers accuse
Facebook and others of muzzling conservative voices.
In its ruling, the 11th Circuit panel ruled that the First Amendment
actually protects the right of social media companies to moderate
content however they see fit. In addition, the court found that the
Florida law unconstitutionally infringed on social media companies’ protected right to exercise editorial judgment, through content
moderation."
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TB
I'm all for free speech but this just gives them free rein to continue
to ban conservatives.
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