In June, Free Press staffers discussed surveillance practices, offered insight into Supreme Court cases, worked to transform local journalism and advanced the fight for media reparations.
Free Press’ Matt Wood breaks down what will come next in the fight over laws in Texas and Florida that aim to prevent social-media platforms from moderating political speech.
Justice Elena Kagan said the platforms, like newspapers, deserve protection from governments’ intrusion in determining what to include or exclude from their space.
The court declined to rule on whether it was constitutional for states to pass legislation that limit the powers of social-media companies to moderate their content.
While the Court remanded these cases for more fact-finding by the lower courts, it noted laws that prevent platforms from deciding which speech it will or will not host are “unlikely to withstand First Amendment scrutiny.”