Freedom X, Reynaldo Gonzalez File Amicus Briefs in Moody v. NetChoice

The Supreme Court should either consider whether provisions of Florida’s disputed social media law are preempted by Section 230 or vacate the decision of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with the directive to consider whether the law is preempted, said an amicus brief from Reynaldo Gonzalez and Mehier Taamneh posted in docket 22-277 on a writ of certiorari for Moody v. NetChoice Monday. The amici are plaintiffs in cases against Google and Twitter over the murder of their relatives by ISIS, which they say was caused in part by content hosted on tech platforms. Florida’s social media law would limit the ability of social media companies “to remove, or refuse to recommend, posted material likely to incite terrorism or violence,” the brief said. A separate brief from public interest law firm Freedom X on behalf of Florida argues that removing speech isn’t protected by the First Amendment. SCOTUS should grant cert and “maintain the longstanding distinction between adding speech and subtracting it,” said Freedom X.