A Florida social media law is facing a hearing in Alabama federal court.
A federal appeals court panel is hearing oral arguments today in Montgomery on whether Florida can enact a new law prohibiting social media companies from banning political candidates’ accounts.
The Florida legislature passed the law to stop “arbitrariness, censorship, and editorial abuse” by big tech companies in their decisions on removing posts, suspending users, and limiting the ability of users to share content, according to the court brief in support.reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion. Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, has said he thinks the social media app is not living up to its potential as a platform for “free speech.
A federal judge court granted a preliminary injunction blocking parts of the Florida law after trade associations representing social media companies challenged the legislation as a violation of the First Amendment.
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