Whitaker mentioned that although social media platforms achieved success by “marketing themselves as neutral boards for free speech,” they now “sing a really totally different tune.” Florida Solicitor General Henry Whitaker laid out his case, arguing that the social media platforms don’t have a First Amendment right to use their censorship policies “in an inconsistent method” and to deplatform or censor certain customers. The tech teams challenged the Texas law in federal district court in September 2021 on a constitutional basis. The decrease courtroom blocked enforcement of two of its provisions, but a federal appeals court docket in New Orleans…
