Trade Groups Concur With DOJ That Texas Law Restricts Social Media Firms’ Speech

(September 1, 2023, 9:54 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Largely agreeing with an amicus curiae brief filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the United States, two nonprofit internet trade associations filed a supplemental brief reiterating their request that the U.S. Supreme Court find that a Texas social media content moderation law violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that it reverse a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that disposed of an injunction preventing the law’s enforcement....