Supreme Court casts a skeptical eye on conservative state-level efforts to regulate social media

The Supreme Court moved into the online era this term by deciding two cases that will have implications for free speech on social media.

In one, the court ruled unanimously to send the combined NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice back down to the respective federal circuit courts that came to opposite conclusions on the Texas and Florida state laws. The Supreme Court ordered a more thorough examination of the scope of laws and their First Amendment implications before weighing in on their constitutionality. But it did so with a strong indication that at least some of the applications of the laws are indeed unconstitutional.