In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said social media companies’ moderation and curation efforts were protected by the First Amendment.
Highlights
- An appeals court finds Florida’s social media law unconstitutional.
- The law would require large social media companies to publish standards on how it decides to “censor, deplatform, and shadow ban” The law was signed by GOP Gov.
- Ron DeSantis in 2021.
- It was part of an overall conservative effort to portray social media platforms as generally liberal in outlook and hostile to ideas outside of that viewpoint.
- The ruling upholds a similar decision by a Florida federal district judge on the law, which was struck down by a panel of the 11th U.S.
- Circuit Court of Appeals.