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MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC 

ALITO, J., concurring in judgment 

Concerned that social-media platforms could abuse their
enormous power, Florida and Texas enacted laws that pro-
hibit  them  from  disfavoring  particular  viewpoints  and
speakers.  See S. B. 7072, 2021 Reg. Sess., §1(9) (Fla. 2021) 
(finding  that  “[s]ocial  media  platforms  have  unfairly  cen-
sored  . . .  Floridians”);  H. B.  20,  87th  Leg.,  Called  Sess. 
(Tex. 2021) (prohibiting the “censorship of . . . expression on
social  media  platforms”  in  Texas).    Both  statutes  have  a 
broad reach, and it is impossible to determine whether they 
are  unconstitutional  in  all  their  applications  without  sur-
veying those applications.  The majority, however, provides
only  a  cursory  outline  of  the  relevant  provisions  of  these
laws and the litigation challenging their constitutionality.
To remedy this deficiency, I will begin with a more complete 
summary. 

A 
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I start with Florida’s law, S. B. 7072, which regulates any 
internet platform that does “business in the state” and has 
either “annual gross revenues in excess of $100 million” or 
“at  least  100  million  monthly  individual  platform  partici-
pants globally.”  Fla. Stat. §501.2041(1)(g) (2023).  This def-
inition  is  broad.    There  is  no  dispute  that  it  covers  large 
social-networking websites like Facebook, X, YouTube, and 
Instagram,  but  it  may  also  reach  e-commerce  and  other 
non-social-networking websites that allow users to leave re-
views, ask and answer questions, or communicate with oth-
ers  online.    These  may  include  Uber,  Etsy,  PayPal,  Yelp, 
Wikipedia, and Gmail.  See, e.g., Tr. of Oral Arg. in No. 22– 
555, pp. 54–56, 69, 76–79, 155; Brief for Wikimedia Foun-
dation  as  Amicus  Curiae  6;  Brief  for  Yelp  Inc.  as  Amicus 
Curiae 4, n. 4. 

To  prevent  covered  platforms  from  unfairly  treating
Floridians,  S. B.  7072  imposes  the  following  “content-
moderation” and disclosure requirements: