Current Events > Supreme Court hears social media cases that could reshape how Americans interact

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-social-media-cases-facebook-twitter-x-first-amendment/

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a pair of social media cases that could transform online speech.
The two cases concern disputes over Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas that aim to restrict social media companies from moderating content, which tech groups representing platforms like Facebook and X see as a violation of their First Amendment rights.
The laws, both passed in 2021, came in response to what their backers saw as discrimination by social media platforms. The controversy followed social media companies' decisions to ban former President Donald Trump from their platforms after his handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Trump's accounts were eventually reinstated.)
The states in the case argue that the social media companies should be treated like any business and be restricted from removing posts or banning users from their platforms based upon their views. But the social media companies counter that the laws infringe upon their editorial discretion, arguing that they should be treated more like news outlets.
Both the Biden administration and Trump have weighed in on the dispute, upping the ante on the political implications.

Between this and that online thing that could make everyone have to use there real name the internet could be a very ...VERY Different place soon. Not in the fun Megaman Battle Network way but...a very all the fun taken out of it way.

Didn't the Supreme Court hear that anti-Section 230 thing last year and basically ignored it? Also, the other thing you are talking about doesn't force you to use your real name, but will make it so you have to present your ID to pass age verification.

The justices didn't seem too impressed with state arguments.

"Rather than just not spew vile hate filled rhetoric we'll just make it so that they can't stop us from doing so"

Necronmon posted...

social media companies should be treated like any business

So you can just go into any store and start shouting bullshit and they have to let you do it?