Supreme Court to Weigh Constitutionality of Laws Regulating Social Media Giants

Netchoice alleges that the laws violate the companies’ First Amendment rights.

Footage from a Capitol Police security camera that was redirected from the bomb squad response at the Democratic National Committee, in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Feb. 26 in two big social media cases that could have wide-reaching implications for how companies like Facebook can moderate or censor content.

Two cases—Moody v. Netchoice and Netchoice v. Paxton—are coming before the court in disputes over Texas’ and Florida’s social media laws. The states’ attempts to rein in big tech laid out many parameters for how companies could remove content they found objectionable.