Internet Groups Urge 11th Circuit to Affirm Fla. Social Media Law Stay
A district court was right to block Florida’s social media law, NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association said in a Monday brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (case 21-12355). “The merits of this case are…
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not close -- Florida may not commandeer private parties’ speech or require them to adopt the state’s preferred editorial choices,” the internet groups said in response to Florida’s appeal of a June 30 preliminary injunction by U.S. District Court in Tallahassee (see 2107130033). “The denial of First Amendment rights is a textbook example of irreparable injury; the state has no legitimate interest in enforcing an unconstitutional law that would require Appellees’ affected members to restructure their operations worldwide; and the public interest favors respect for First Amendment values, rather than novel efforts at state censorship.”