The Supreme Court ruled today in two cases that could have a major impact on how social media platforms operate and how the government can interfere on behalf of political speech on these platforms.

The First Amendment still imposes some limits on the government’s ability to control what content appears online. On July 1, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moody v. NetChoice ...

Two state laws that could upend the way social media companies handle content moderation are still in limbo after a Supreme Court ruling sent the challenges back to lower courts, vacating previous ...

California will no longer enforce key provisions of a law requiring social media companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices after settling a lawsuit with Elon Musk’s X Corp ...

During oral arguments on Monday, the justices engaged in a challenging discussion tackling questions that have the potential to reshape the internet landscape, affecting not only major social networks ...

Are social media companies more like newspapers or phone companies? This oft-debated question in social media legal circles, while seemingly trivial on the surface, represents a momentous debate over ...

Social media platforms commonly use artificial intelligence for content moderation, with the AI software itself relying on algorithms to screen content posted by social media users. Ultimately, the AI ...

The U.S. Supreme Court expressed both skepticism and sympathy for new Republican-backed social media laws regulating content moderation at large internet platforms during a marathon session Wednesday, ...

Social-media companies are now pulling back on all of their content moderation on their platforms, Alexa Course, Meghan Bobrowsky, and Jeff Horwitz of The Wall Street Journal report. Back in 2022, ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced social media companies will now need to report their content moderation policies to her office. Under the Stop Hiding Hate Act, ...