The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block Texas. social media censorship law, the main good for tech companies who fought against content moderation laws that will fundamentally change how they make business.
Why is it important: Conservative states have started a legal war on social media companies in trying to stop what they think is a wave of censorship, but decision, like other recent rulings suggest that they face climb climb in court.
What is happening: Supreme Court decision means Texas cannot enforce new law that would allow Texans and the State’s Attorney general to submit a claim tech giants like Meta and YouTube over them content moderation policy.
- The court order is not final resolution on dignity of Texas law, but when the courts freeze a particular law or policy, it is often sign measure faces a difficult road on dignity.
- It’s coming just days after a federal appeals court ruled against similar law in Florida.
Catch up quick: Texas passed its law last September and opponents immediately challenged in federal court, having won an injunction suspending his participation in effect.
- But earlier this month the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law could be considered effect immediately.
- Opponents appealed the decision to the Supreme Court and won.
Details: Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts voted to reinstate the lower court’s injunction and block passage of the law. effect.
- Judges Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted. against doing so.
- Alito disagreed, stating, “It’s not obvious at all. how our existing precedents that predate the era of Internet, should apply to large social media companies.”
What next: The case is returned to the district court, where the arguments on both sides will made on dignity.
