Niamh Harris – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has warned Big Tech that their days of censoring people online will soon be coming to an end.
Justice Thomas on Monday outlined a detailed legal argument for why social media companies will soon face strict rules banning them from denying service to users for any reason or no reason, including the possibility of designating them as common carriers – which would completely eliminate their ability to ban or censor users for legal, First Amendment protected speech.
Thomas outlined his opinion in a concurrence to rejecta case that began under the Trump administration, challenging the President’s right to block users from his Twitter feed. Continue reading