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    Supreme Court will decide if Texas and Florida can regulate social media to protect 'conservative speech'

    by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Sep 29, 2023 4 minutes
    The Supreme Court will decide if Texas and Florida can regulate social media to protect "conservative speech."

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will rule on how the 1st Amendment applies to social media and decide whether Texas and Florida can impose heavy fines on Facebook, YouTube and other popular sites for allegedly discriminating against conservatives.

    The justices said they would review the new and never-enforced laws from the two largest Republican-controlled states and decide whose rights to free speech are at stake.

    Texas lawmakers said the social media sites were conspiring to censor conservative voices and views, sometimes at the behest of the Biden White House.

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "conservative speech" was under threat. "It's now

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