State, Industry Disagree on Fla. Social Media Case Stay
Internet industry groups urged a federal judge to pause district court proceedings on Florida’s social media law until the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Florida's appeal of a preliminary injunction. U.S. District Court in Tallahassee Judge Robert…
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Hinkle asked if the case should be stayed (see 2108050053). What the 11th Circuit decides “will go a long way towards resolving the merits of this case, thereby vastly reducing the need for further briefing or discovery and saving this Court from wading through the discovery disputes that have already emerged,” NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association answered Wednesday in case 4:21-cv-00220-RH-MAF. Florida disagreed. “This case presents very important issues concerning the scope of the government’s authority to regulate the content moderation decisions of social media platforms,” said counsel for Attorney General Ashley Moody (R). “There is an overwhelming public interest in resolving this case expeditiously -- before another election in which Plaintiffs’ members are able to manipulate public discourse by censoring their users.”