social media censorship

Florida lawmakers are prepared to give parents more control over what their child watches online.

Attempts at regulating social media have been a recurring theme for the Florida legislature.

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the U.S. solicitor general to file briefs about the federal government’s position as states target social media companies.

The state wants justices to overturn a May decision by an appeals court that blocked key parts of the law on First Amendment grounds. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle described the law as “riddled with imprecision and ambiguity.”

Attorneys for the state and online-industry groups plan to go to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about a Florida law that would crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter.

As a battle continues about the constitutionality of a Florida law that seeks to crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, a federal appeals court has allowed a similar Texas law to take effect.

A federal appeals court is slated to hear arguments in May about a Florida law that puts restrictions on social media companies.

Describing the law as a “frontal assault on the First Amendment,” two online industry groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to block a measure pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on large social-media companies.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican leaders recently announced proposed legislation targeting big tech giants that own social media platforms. They accuse them of censoring conservative voices. Legal experts who say the proposed crackdown is unconstitutional.

State Senator Joe Gruters invited a Florida congressional candidate who’s been banned from most social media sites to speak alongside him as he rolled out…