Moody v. Netchoice, LLC
U.S. Supreme Court · decided July 1, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- July 1, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kagan
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MOODY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. NETCHOICE, LLC, DBA NETCHOICE, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 22–277. Argued February 26, 2024—Decided July 1, 2024* In 2021, Florida and Texas enacted statutes regulating large social-me- dia companies and other internet platforms. The States’ laws differ in the entities they cover and the activities they limit. But both curtail the platforms’ capacity to engage in content moderation—to filter, pri- oritize, and label the varied third-party messages, videos, and other content their users wish to post. Both laws also include individualized- explanation provisions, requiring a platform to give reasons to a user if it removes or alters her posts. NetChoice LLC and the Computer & Communications Industry As- sociation (collectively, NetChoice)—trade associations whose members include Facebook and YouTube—brought facial First…
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