SCOTUS Appeal Coming in Fla. Social Media Case

The Supreme Court could soon be asked to review Florida’s social media law. In a joint motion Thursday at U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida, plaintiffs NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) asked the district court to stay further proceedings until SCOTUS disposes with "forthcoming petition(s) for a writ of certiorari.” Parties agreed on a June 13 telephone conference that the "case warrants further review" in the Supreme Court and that they would file a joint motion at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “to stay issuance of the mandate by that Court pending Supreme Court review,” they said. The 11th Circuit ruled last month that Florida may not restrict content moderation by social media platforms, while lifting a temporary injunction on most of the state law’s disclosure rules (see 2205230049). The Supreme Court on May 31 narrowly stopped a similar Texas law from being enforced (see 2206010060).