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MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC 

ALITO, J., concurring in judgment 

and BeReal,28 and websites like Parler,29 which claim to en-
gage in little or no content moderation at all.  And Florida’s 
law, which is even broader than Texas’s, plainly applies to 
e-commerce  platforms  like  Etsy  that  make  clear  in  their
terms of service that they are “not a curated marketplace.”30 
In First Amendment terms, this means that these laws— 
in  at  least  some  of  their  applications—appear  to  regulate
the kind of “passive receptacle[s]” of third-party speech that
receive no First Amendment protection.  Tornillo, 418 U. S., 
at  258.  Given  such  uncertainty,  it  is impossible  for  us  to
determine  whether  these  laws  have  a  “plainly  legitimate
sweep.”  Williams,  553  U. S.,  at  292;  Washington  State 
Grange, 552 U. S., at 449. 

2 
Second, NetChoice has not established what kinds of con-
tent appear on all the regulated platforms, and we cannot
determine  whether  these  platforms  create  an  “inherently
expressive” compilation of third-party speech until we know
what is being compiled.

We  know  that  social-media  platforms  generally  allow 
their  users  to  create  accounts;  send  direct  messages 

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28 BeReal, which appears to have enough monthly users to be covered 
by the Texas law, allows users to share a photo with their friends once
during a randomly selected 2-minute window each day.  Time To BeReal, 
https://help.bereal.com/hc/en-us/articles/7350386715165--Time-to-BeReal
(last accessed Apr. 23, 2024).  Twenty-four hours later, those photos dis-
appear.  Because BeReal posts thus appear and disappear “randomly,” 
even the Eleventh Circuit would agree that BeReal likely is not an ex-
pressive compilation.  34 F. 4th, at 1214. 

29 Community Guidelines, Parler, https://www.parler.com/community-
guidelines  (May  31,  2024)  (“We  honor  the  ability  of  all  users  to  freely
express themselves without interference from oppressive censorship or
manipulation”).    Parler  probably  does  not  have  a  sufficient  number  of 
monthly  users  to  be  covered  by  these  statutes.    But  it  is  possible  that 
other covered websites use a similar business model. 

30 Our  House  Rules,  Etsy,  https://etsy.com/legal/prohibited  (last  ac-

cessed Apr. 23, 2024).