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Cite as:  603 U. S. ____ (2024) 

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ALITO, J., concurring in judgment 

§501.2041(5).    The  law  allows  the  Florida  Elections  Com-
mission  to  fine  platforms  that  fail  to  host  candidates  for 
public  office.  Fla.  Stat.  §106.072(3)  (2023).  And  the  law 
permits aggrieved users to sue and recover up to $100,000
for each violation of the content-moderation and disclosure 
provisions, along with actual damages, equitable relief, pu-
nitive damages, and attorney’s fees.  §501.2041(6). 

To protect platforms, the law provides that it “may only 
be enforced to the extent not inconsistent with federal law,” 
including §203 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
§501.2041(9).  Section 230(c)(2)(A) of that Act shields inter-
net platforms from liability for voluntary, good-faith efforts
to restrict or remove content that is “obscene, lewd, lascivi-
ous, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise ob-
jectionable.”  47 U. S. C. §230(c)(2)(A). 

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Days after S. B. 7072’s enactment, NetChoice filed suit in 
federal court, alleging that the new law violates the First 
Amendment in all its applications.8  As a result, NetChoice 
asked the District Court to enter a preliminary injunction 
against any enforcement of any of its provisions before the
law took effect. 

Florida  defended  the  constitutionality  of  S. B.  7072.    It 
argued that the law’s prohibition of censorship does not vi-
olate the freedom of speech because the First Amendment 
permits the regulation of the conduct of entities that do not
express their own views but simply provide the means for 
others to communicate.  See Record in No. 4:21–CV–00220 

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8 NetChoice  also  argued  that  S. B.  7072  is  preempted  by  47  U. S. C. 
§230(c) and is unconstitutionally vague.  Those arguments are not before 
us because the District Court did not rule on the vagueness issue, 546 
F. Supp. 3d 1082, 1095 (ND Fla. 2021), and the Eleventh Circuit declined 
to reach the preemption issue, NetChoice v. Attorney Gen., Fla., 34 F. 4th 
1196, 1209 (2022).