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> Because only the First Amendment rights of the billion-dollar corporations are being infringed upon by the state in the case before SCOTUS. Also note the "on
by shagie 3y ago
> Because only the First Amendment rights of the billion-dollar corporations are being infringed upon by the state in the case before SCOTUS.
Also note the "only the First Amendment rights of the billion-dollar corporations" which gets into a part that is likely overlooked.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/26/us/supreme-court-arguments-social-media/794b9bb8-204e-533c-a217-8cdb967ee8e9?smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/26/us/supreme-court-arg... (full unlocked article if that link doesn't work https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/26/us/supreme-court-arguments-social-media?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.ifNf.8pjP4YPDLKBA&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/26/us/supreme-court-arg... )
> Justice Elena Kagan seems skeptical of Clement’s argument that the fact the laws regulate only larger social media platforms is a First Amendment violation. Clement insists that under Supreme Court precedent, discriminating based on size is such a violation.
This gets into the Bill of Attainer ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder#United_State... ) where laws are written to impact specific individuals or companies and depriving them of rights or property without due process or through legislation.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/HTML https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/...
453 (g) "Social media platform" means any information service,
454 system, Internet search engine, or access software provider
455 that:
456 1. Provides or enables computer access by multiple users to
457 a computer server, including an Internet platform or a social
458 media site;
459 2. Operates as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
460 liability company, corporation, association, or other legal
461 entity;
462 3. Does business in the state; and
463 4. Satisfies at least one of the following thresholds:
464 a. Has annual gross revenues in excess of $100 million, as
465 adjusted in January of each odd-numbered year to reflect any
466 increase in the Consumer Price Index.
467 b. Has at least 100 million monthly individual platform
468 participants globally.
469
470 The term does not include any information service, system,
471 Internet search engine, or access software provider operated by
472 a company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment
473 complex as defined in s. 509.013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_at_least_100_million_active_users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_...
Why not 100,000 monthly average users? Or gross revenue of $1 million?
If YouTube comments are part of this, would Amazon reviews be too? Consider also if this law would this prohibit Amazon from removing the reviews of someone who posts "MAGA Sucks" on every listing of a red hat?
Clearly, the solution to the Florida law is to classify the Googleplex as a theme park.