A federal appeals court on Monday blocked parts of a Florida law that prevent social media companies from banning political candidates, deprioritizing political messages or censoring content by journalistic enterprises.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Atlanta ruled that most of the law’s provisions were likely unconstitutional and left intact parts of an injunction that had blocked those provisions from taking effect, report Law.com, the Washington Post and Techdirt.
The appeals court said it is substantially likely that social media companies are private actors protected by the First Amendment, and the Florida law unconstitutionally interferes with their right to exercise editorial discretion.
