Court Allows Social Media to Retain Florida Politician Bans (3)

It’s unconstitutional for Florida to stop social media platforms from banning politicians, a federal appeals court said Monday.

The state’s Republicans crafted a law last year to ensure politicians could remain active on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook after those companies suspended former President Donald Trump‘s accounts.

Trump sued to restore his social media accounts, filing separate class-action lawsuits last year in federal court in Florida against the tech giants and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai.

Monday’s decision is in separate litigation brought by tech trade groups. The Eleventh Circuit ruled ...