Net Choices: Social Media, Content Moderation, and the First Amendment

In 2021, both Florida and Texas enacted legislation to limit how social media platforms could limit what users post. The Texas law, challenged in NetChoice v. Paxton found a sympathetic audience in the Fifth Circuit, but the Eleventh Circuit was much more skeptical of the Florida law’s constitutionality in NetChoice v. Moody. In January 2023, the Supreme Court requested the Biden Administration to weigh in on the constitutionality of these laws. The NetChoice duel is likely to be on the calendar for the Court in this next term, with a decision in 2024.This webinar gathered a panel of experts to discuss the appeals courts vivid differences in approach to issues arising from social media content moderation. The panel will also consider changes in the legal landscape since these petitions were filed, including whether recent Court decisions related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act have bearing on the issues raised by NetChoice.Featuring: --Ryan Baasch, Chief of the Consumer Protection Division, Texas Office of the Attorney General--Allison R. Hayward, Independent Analyst --Jess Miers, Legal Advocacy Counsel, Chamber of Progress--Moderator: Casey Mattox, Vice President for Legal and Judicial Strategy, Americans for Prosperity---