Florida Tells Court: Actually, It's Section 230 That's Unconstitutional (Not Our Social Media Law)

Florida Tells Court: Actually, It's Section 230 That's Unconstitutional (Not Our Social Media Law)

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210716/09262547178/florida-tells-court-actually-section-230-thats-unconstitutional-not-our-social-media-law.shtml

As you'll recall, Florida's social media bill was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge a couple weeks ago. The state has already moved to appeal that decision, so we'll have to see how the judges on the 11th Circuit feel about all of this. However, apparently the case in the lower court is still moving forward in some way (I had assumed that after the preliminary injunction and appeal that the case would be stayed until the appeal was decided, but apparently not? Understanding civil procedure is an impossibility).

Earlier today Florida filed its response to the lawsuit, which is... not much. It's basically this sentence over and over again: