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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected on Monday to rule on the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas intended to restrain social media companies from curbing content the platforms deem objectionable - statutes the industry has argued violate the free speech rights of these businesses.
A federal judge on Monday blocked Mississippi from enforcing a new law that requires users of social media platforms to verify their ages and restricts access by minors to their sites if they lack parental consent,
The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to a lower court a pair of laws from Texas and Florida that seeks to put restrictions on a social media company's ability to moderate content on its own platforms.
The Supreme Court kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social-media platforms regulate content posted by their users, returning the cases to lower courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped making a decision on the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas designed to restrict the power of social media companies to curb content that the platforms deem objectionable.
The US Supreme Court is pushing back to lower courts two key cases looking how social media companies moderate content on their platforms and how states respond to that. The rulings return the cases to courts in Texas and Florida,
The Supreme Court sent social media moderation cases back to the lower courts in Texas and Florida, a victory for tech giants.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it is putting off a ruling for now on whether social media laws adopted by Florida and Texas violate the 1st Amendment. Instead, the justices sent those cases back to lower courts to consider how those laws would apply in specific situations.
The Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on Florida and Texas laws that aimed to restrict how large social media companies moderate user content.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to settle the major constitutional questions raised in a blockbuster dispute over laws approved in Texas and Florida intended to protect conservative viewpoints on social media,
The Supreme Court sidesteps ruling whether state laws regulating social media companies violate the 1st Amendment, sending the issue back to the lower courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a pair of judicial decisions involving challenges to Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas designed to restrict the power of social media companies to curb content that the platforms deem objectionable.
The Supreme Court was reviewing the constitutionality of laws regulating social media companies from Texas and Florida.
The Supreme Court sent back to lower courts Monday two challenges to Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms, deciding that the judges had to better define the stakes of free-speech issues in the disputes.
A unanimous ruling sends cases on laws out of Florida and Texas back to lower courts with reminders that content moderation is protected speech.
Moody v. NetChoice is a milestone ruling in First Amendment law, giving internet platforms the highest level of constitutional protection.
The court ordered more proceedings on laws in Texas and Florida that seek to regulate online platforms’ content-moderation practices.
The justices returned the cases to lower courts in challenges from trade associations for the companies.
The Supreme Court neither ruled for or against social media laws in Florida and Texas that prohibited moderation of politicians.
The ruling vacated two lower court decisions, saying that they hadn't adequately analyzed aspects of the challenges.
The justices returned both cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at “Silicon Valley censorship,” to lower courts. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court pushed lower courts to take another look at two laws in Florida and Texas that would have stopped social media companies from removing extremist content or accounts in a decision Monday that’s widely being regarded as reasonable.
The Supreme Court isn’t going to rule on a case that could fundamentally change how we think about the First Amendment as it applies to the internet. But within its indecision came one decision: Social media has at least some First Amendment protections,
The Supreme Court on Monday kicked issues around social media content moderation back to lower courts for further review. Texas and Florida have passed legislation that Republican lawmakers have claimed will stop tech companies from quieting conservative opinions.
Net Choice addressed laws passed by Republicans in Florida and Texas that aimed to regulate how social-media companies remove and label user content. Representing Facebook, YouTube, and others, NetChoice argued that such laws violated the First Amendment.
The tech industry saw the measured ruling as a win. Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to continue defending for the law.
The Supreme Court on Monday punted challenges to Texas and Florida laws that regulated social media content moderation after major platforms were accused of banning users based on their viewpoints. “The judgments are vacated,
Rather than upholding or striking down controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida, the justices sent the NetChoice cases back to the lower courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated conflicting rulings in challenges to Florida and Texas laws aimed at placing restrictions on social media platforms, directing appeals courts to reconsider the decisions.
The US Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a ruling on the constitutional validity of a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social media content moderation, sending legal challenges backed by tech platforms to lower courts for review.
The ruling was announced on the Supreme Court’s final day of term. Court justices asked lower appeals courts to reassess their decision on the laws that would permit states to regulate the way that social media platforms administer their content.
The U S Supreme Court has declined to rule on state laws holding social media platforms accountable for censoring political or unpopular opinions from users
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has put Florida and Texas social media laws on hold, sending both cases back to lower cases for more review.
The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their
The Supreme Court ruled today in two cases that could have a major impact on how social media platforms operate and how the government can interfere on behalf of political speech on these platforms. The cases ( NetChoice v.
The Supreme Court has kept a hold on state laws aimed at preventing social media companies from censoring content on their platforms, returning the cases to lower courts.
The Supreme Court keeps on hold Florida and Texas laws seeking to limit how social media platforms regulate user content.
Two state laws that could upend the way social media companies handle content moderation are still in limbo after a Supreme Court ruling sent them back to lower courts, vacating previous rulings.
NetChoice, a lobbying group representing and funded by nearly 40 major tech companies, challenged laws in Florida and Texas that punish social media companies for purportedly retaliating against users,
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and other social media companies were in the spotlight on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed challenges to laws from Florida and Texas on how these companies moderate content.
The Supreme Court punted on cases challenging Texas and Florida laws that regulate social media platforms’ content moderation practices. The case raised questions of whether Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube and other platforms were neutral gatekeepers of third party content,
The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
The Supreme Court sent a set of free-speech cases back to the lower courts without resolving the question of whether social-media giants have the right to block users and certain content. The Supreme Court issued three more opinions on Friday,
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