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Must Internet Platforms Host Objectionable Content? Appeals Courts Consider ‘Must Carry’ Rules

Court decisions on Texas and Florida “must-carry” laws disagreed on whether online platforms should be regulated as common carriers.

Em McPhie

Em McPhie

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Must Internet Platforms Host Objectionable Content? Appeals Courts Consider ‘Must Carry’ Rules
Reese Schonfeld, President of Cable News Network and Reynelda Nuse, weekend anchorwoman for CNN, stand at one of the many sets at the broadcast center in Atlanta on May 31, 1980. The network, owned by Ted Turner, will begin itís 24-hour-a-day news broadcasts on Sunday in afternoon. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway)

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2023 — As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a pair of cases about online platform liability, it is also considering a separate pair of social media lawsuits that aim to push content moderation practices in the opposite direction, adding additional questions about the First Amendment and common carrier status to an already complicated issue.

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