Justice Clarence Thomas said social media companies were engaging in censorship.
However, Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether social media platforms are really a public square.
If not, they wouldnt fall under the First Amendments protections.
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At one point, the lawyer representing Texas shouted out, Sir, this is a Wendys.
The laws could limit Facebooks ability to censor pro-Nazi content on its platform, for example.
The association wasfounded in 2001to make the Internet safe for free enterprise and free expression.
Social and political issues have consumed technology companies in recent months.
Googlesnew AI chatbot Gemini was accused of being racist against white peoplelast week.
Both of these laws were created shortly after Twitter, now X, banned Donald Trump in 2021.
Since then, Musk has completely revamped the platform into a free speech absolutist site.
Similar to Governors Abbot and DeSantis, Musk is also highly concerned with so-called liberal censorship on social media.
Its unclear which way the Court will lean on these cases, as the issues have little precedent.
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