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Kagan points to the motivation behind the content moderation laws.
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan alluded to what brought the Florida content moderation law about: platforms’ decisions to exclude speech of anti-vaxxers and insurrectionists.
“That’s what motivated these laws, isn’t it?” Kagan asked.
Whitaker earlier said common carriers have “always conducted their businesses” according to “general rules of decorum.” But he noted that “upwards of 99 percent of what goes on the platforms is basically passed through without review.”
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