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Florida content moderation law must face tech's US free speech suit

By Maria Dinzeo ( May 22, 2025, 19:29 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge cleared the way for tech industry groups to move forward with their constitutional challenge to Florida’s social media law, finding they’ve plausibly shown the state may soon try to enforce content rules that could violate free speech protections and Section 230 immunity.Tech industry groups can pursue a constitutional challenge to Florida’s content moderation law, a US federal judge ruled today, finding they have “plausibly alleged an imminent threat” that the Sunshine State will try to enforce the law against social media platforms in violation of the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act....

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