There were no noted dissents, but Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to say the court at some point will need to examine the power of tech media companies.
Justice Thomas ponders possibility of regulating social media companies
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits as he is introduced during an event at the Library of Congress in Washington. Thomas is asking his first questions at Supreme Court arguments in more than three years. Arguments were almost over Wednesday in a case about racial discrimination in the South when the court?•s only African-American member and lone Southerner piped up.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press
With Donald Trump gone from the White House, the Supreme Court dismissed a suit Monday that accused Trump of violating free speech by blocking critics from his Twitter account, which the company canceled after the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. But Justice Clarence Thomas said the case highlighted social media’s virtually uncontrolled power and it may be time for Congress to step in
The Supreme Court on Monday wiped away a lower court opinion holding that then-President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment when he blocked followers from his Twitter account.
Supreme Court rules to dismiss case against Trump Twitter use as moot
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a lower court ruling against former President Donald Trump blocking his critics on Twitter to be dismissed as moot. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
April 5 (UPI) The Supreme Court ruled Monday to dismiss a case initiated four years ago against former President Donald Trump using Twitter to block critics as moot.
At issue, was a Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2019 ruling that upheld a lower court ruling that Trump violated the First Amendment when he used Twitter s block feature to block his critics on Twitter.
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