Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Law Restricting Censorship From Social Media Companies

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an unusual vote temporarily blocking a Texas law meant to place restrictions on social media companies censoring the speech of their users.

The ruling was 5 to 4, with liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer joining conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett in the majority.

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan and conservative justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented with the ruling.

The law would have allowed social media users to sue companies if their speech were impeded on their platforms. It also designates the social media channels as “common carriers” similar to railroads and phone companies.Tech companies sued to block the law based on the argument that it violated their free speech rights by forcing them to publish objectionable speech on their platforms.Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the law, known as House Bill 20, into effect on Sept. 9 […]

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