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“Content Moderation’s Fate Lies in the Hands of the Supreme Court… or Does It?”

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The Supreme Court could decide the future of content moderation — or it could puntThe Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the content on their platforms. The two laws were both crafted by Republican lawmakers to punish social media companies for their perceived anti-conservative bias. “Supreme Court cases can fizzle in this way, much to the frustration in most cases to other parties,” Barrett said. “It’s clear that the Supreme Court needs to update its First Amendment jurisprudence to take into account this vast technological change,” Barrett said. “… The Supreme Court often lags behind society in dealing with these kinds of things, and now it’s time to deal with it.”