Florida’s New Social Media Law Blocked with Court’s Injunction

A federal judge has blocked Florida’s new law penalizing social media companies for barring political candidates from their platforms from taking effect Thursday.

The law signed May 24 by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the First Amendment and doesn’t apply to all social media providers equally, Judge Robert Hinkle of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida said in an order Wednesday issuing a preliminary injunction.

“Whatever might be said of any other allegedly compelling state interest, these statutes are not narrowly tailored. Like prior First Amendment restrictions, this is an instance of burning the house to ...