The US Supreme Court has been skeptical of the conservative push to make social media sites like Facebook and YouTube less biased toward liberals.
Some of the arguments that were made to the Supreme Court said that states run by Republicans are trying to stop Big Tech from blocking right-wing views. Big tech industry lobbying groups are fighting Florida and Texas over laws that limit free speech online and on social media services.
People like Joe Biden have said that some of the rules do violate our First Amendment rights, which protect freedom of speech. It looked like Chief Justice John G. Roberterrt Jr. was also in favor of First Amendment rights in this case.
“Since we’re talking about the First Amendment, I wonder if our first concern should be with the state regulating what we have called the modern public square,” Roberts said. The government is limited in what it can do by the First Amendment.
It was criticized by many who said it violated the First Amendment and that they should not have any problems using their own content control system. There were even people who said the rule itself was against the First Amendment. Many people have fought against these laws and are now trying to show the Supreme Court why the states should not be able to enforce them.
These laws were made in Florida and Texas after Donald Trump’s posts about the January 6 Capitol Riot got him banned from Facebook and X. The Supreme Court is taking its time with the decision right now. The decision should be made by the end of June at the latest.
