Expect the state's chief legal officer to speak to the media about the incident.
Florida's chief legal officer is scheduled to be in Washington, D.C., on Monday for legal arguments in a Supreme Court case in which she is involved.
ashley moody He is scheduled to speak about the matter with reporters in the capital that day. Moody vs. Net Choice Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for early morning.
The lawsuit centers on a Florida law passed in 2021. SB7072 “This is an attempt to stop social media companies from abusing their vast power to censor speech.”
Florida asks whether “the First Amendment prohibits states from requiring social media companies to host third-party communications and from regulating when, where, and how they do so.” , and “The First Amendment prohibits states from requiring social media companies to notify or explain to users if they censor their speech.”
moody filed an appeal In 2022, the court asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision. In May, the court ruled the Florida law unconstitutional, saying the First Amendment likely protects social media companies' right to moderate content on their platforms. Concurrently, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the following decision: contradictory judgment over a similar Texas law.
Moody said in his appeal that the 11th Circuit's decision “stripped states of their historic authority to protect their citizens' access to information on an issue of national importance.”
governor Ron DeSantis named the bill priorities ahead of the 2021 Congress after Twitter and other prominent social media companies ousted then-President donald trump They removed other conservatives from their platforms in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot. Supporters liken Big Tech's handling of user content to censorship.
DeSantis announced the proposal days after President Trump left office and moved to Florida full-time. Ironically, Trump's use of social media was one of the factors that later sank DeSantis' presidential campaign.
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renzo downey Contributed to the report.
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