US Supreme Court restores Texas social media law injunction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "While I can understand the Court's apparent desire to delay enforcement of HB 20 while the appeal is pending, the preliminary injunction entered by the District Court was itself a significant intrusion on state sovereignty, and Texas should not be required to seek preclearance from the federal courts before its laws go into effect," Justice Alito wrote.
45% : They argue companies have a First Amendment right to exercise editorial discretion for the content distributed on their platforms.
43% : Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett help halt enforcement of HB 20
32% : Those fighting the law - industry groups and advocacy organizations - say the rules would require large social media services such as Facebook and Twitter to distribute "lawful but awful" content - hate speech, misinformation, and other dubious material.

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