Opinion ID: 6335350
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Heading: Unspecified Federal and State Claims

Text: Brock also alleged violations of unspecified “federal and state laws” based on Facebook’s removal of his posts. App’x at 79. Although Brock failed to provide any detail about these additional claims beyond this brief mention, the district court determined that any such claims would be barred by section 230(c)(1) of the 6 Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1). We think it unnecessary, however, to reach these unspecified claims. While we construe pro se complaints liberally, a pro se complaint must nonetheless “state a plausible claim for relief.” Darby v. Greenman, 14 F.4th 124, 127–28 (2d Cir. 2021). Here, the causes of action listed in Brock’s complaint regarding Facebook’s removal of his posts are based on constitutional violations (primarily, a violation of his right to free speech), which we have already addressed. Moreover, at oral argument, Brock conceded that he was not alleging additional causes of action beyond his constitutional and RICO claims. We therefore decline to address any additional claims theoretically raised by his fleeting mention of “federal and state laws.”