US Supreme Court to weigh Florida, Texas laws constraining social media companies

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was set to hear arguments on the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas that restrict the ability of social media platforms to curb content that these companies deem objectionable in a pair of cases that could reshape free speech rights in the digital age. At issue is whether these 2021 state laws regulating content-moderation practices by large social media platforms violate the free speech protections for the companies under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.