Supreme Court to decide if states can control fate of social media - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Because social networks play a central role in political discourse, the high court decision will have expansive consequences beyond business, for the future of American democracy.
50% : The court's ruling could have sweeping implications for a host of federal and state efforts to regulate social media companies - on issues ranging from children's safety to artificial intelligence.
48% : Paul Clement, a former solicitor general representing NetChoice, told the court the laws unfairly target large platforms, omitting smaller sites, including the right-leaning companies, Parler and Gab.Florida has "unabashedly singled out certain companies for these onerous restrictions based on unconcealed hostility to how they exercise their editorial discretion," Clement wrote.
43% : In the absence of federal mandates, red states are pushing forward with laws that could make it harder for companies to remove content from their services, while blue states, including California and New York, have passed transparency measures encouraging companies to remove violent and other harmful posts.
42% : Conservative Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch, said he had not made up his mind about the novel legal questions presented by the case governing a "ground-breaking Texas law that addresses the power of dominant social media corporations to shape public discussion of the important issues of the day.
39% : The 2021 state laws came amid growing unease from conservatives that companies like Facebook and Twitter had obtained an iron grip on American political discourse.

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