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Jerry LambeMay 27th, 2021, 5:40 pm
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A pair of online trade associations implored a federal judge to block a controversial Florida law that would penalize social media companies for “censoring” political candidates, calling the measure “patently unconstitutional” and a “frontal assault on the First Amendment.”
The complaint, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, asserts that S.B. 7072 infringes on the rights to freedom of speech, equal protection, and due process by compelling speech from a select group of private companies for their perceived political affiliations. Plaintiff tech trade groups, NetChoice LLC and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), further claims that the law is preempted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.