Attorney General Ashley Moody is at the Supreme Court of the United States defending Florida’s right to protect citizens from Big Tech censorship. The oral argument comes following a multi-year legal challenge to SB 7072, which prohibits social media companies from censoring, shadow-banning and post prioritization in a way that is inconsistent and unfair, deplatforming U.S. political candidates or journalistic enterprises, and requires social media platforms to meet certain requirements when restricting the speech of users.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Social media is the new town square, but the Big Tech CEOs who control these platforms argue they should have unfettered power to silence voices they don’t agree with, deplatform people who challenge corporate media narratives, and shadow ban candidates who don’t share their Silicon Valley values. We are fighting in the U.S. Supreme Court for Floridians to debate ideas, engage in political discourse and question government policies on social media platforms. This fight is vital to our democratic process and necessary to the prosperity of a free society, and government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

In addition to preventing the deplatforming of Florida political candidates, SB 7072 requires social media companies to be transparent about their content moderation practices, and give users notice of changes to their policies. The bill provides a pathway for citizens to sue platforms when treated unfairly.