In the wake of a July 1 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, tech-industry trade associations are attempting to reboot their litigation challenging a Florida law that limits how major social media companies moderate their platforms.

The Supreme Court circumvented the main arguments advanced by plaintiffs NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) by finding that lower courts did not fully adjudicate the law’s potential impacts. 

NetChoice and CCIA filed their motion for a supplementary briefing on the issues involving the constitutionality of Florida’s Senate Bill 7072 – a measure passed by the state Legislature in 2021 that bars tech companies with at least $100 million in annual income from de-platforming political candidates.