State v. Platform: Social Media Laws Head to Supreme Court with Stephen Vladeck

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On February 26th, the U.S. supreme court heard oral arguments for two cases - Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, and NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton. These cases, specific to Florida and Texas, would similarly restrict social media companies' ability to moderate content on their platforms. This week, host Elisa is joined by Stephen Vladeck, the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law as well as the co-host of the award-winning National Security Law podcast. Together they discuss the arguments posed by two cases, whether content moderation laws challenge First Amendment rights, and how cases like these could impact the future digital content landscape.

Stephen I. Vladeck holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law, and is a nationally recognized expert on the federal courts, constitutional law, national security law, and military justice: https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck

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Moody v. NetChoice, LLC

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

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Gonzalez v. Google, LLC

Twitter v. Taamneh

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 2010

Murthy v. Missouri

Texas Senate Bill 4

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Vladeck, Stephen I. The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. Basic Books, 2023

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