Challenge To Florida's Social Media Law Returns To Court Tuesday As Tech Groups Fight State's Dismissal Bid

Major First Amendment Social Media Case Back in Florida Court This Week

This week, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and its co-plaintiff NetChoice returned to federal court on Tuesday in their case against SB7072, Florida’s social media law, for the first time since a seminal Supreme Court ruling last July. CCIA, an international not-for-profit trade association representing a broad cross-section of communications and technology firms, […] The post Major First Amendment Social Media Case Bac…

State social media regulations return to Tallahassee after trip to U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. District Courthouse for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee. (Photo by Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix)Following years of legal wrangling, including a trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal judge said Tuesday that he remains flummoxed about what the Legislature meant to accomplish by trying to limit social media content moderation. Northern District of Florida Judge Robert Hinkle said during proceeding in Tallahassee that he’s s…

Challenge To Florida's Social Media Law Returns To Court Tuesday As Tech Groups Fight State's Dismissal Bid

A legal challenge to Florida’s social media law, SB7072, is set to return to federal court on Tuesday for the first time since a key ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice, who are challenging the law, argue that SB7072 violates the First Amendment by […] Challenge To Florida’s Social Media Law Returns To Court Tuesday As Tech Groups Fight State’s Dismissal Bid

Judge Weighs Arguments on Social Media Law

TALLAHASSEE — Attorneys for the state acknowledged Tuesday that a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on social-media platforms posed “First Amendment problems” but urged a federal judge to reject a legal challenge that wound its way to the U.S.…

Judge weighs arguments on social media law | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Dara Kam Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature passed the law after Facebook and Twitter, now known as X, blocked President Donald Trump from their platforms after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court last summer vacated conflicting appellate rulings in challenges to the Florida law and a similar Texas statute and directed lower courts to reconsider the decisions. The Supreme …

CCIA, NetChoice Case Against Florida's Unconstitutional Social Media Law Returns to Court Tuesday

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association and its co-plaintiff NetChoice are headed back to federal court Tuesday in their case against SB7072, Florida’s social media law, for the first time since a seminal Supreme Court ruling last July. The Supreme Court confirmed that online speech, including editorial decisions about online speech, deserve First Amendment protection—it sent our challenge to the Florida social media law …