Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says that judges will soon have “no choice” but to regulate the tech companies that punished former President Donald Trump for inciting a failed insurrection.
Thomas made the remarks in a Monday Supreme Court opinion that vacated a lower court ruling, which had prevented Trump from blocking certain Twitter followers who he did not want to comment on his tweets.
Thomas, who traditionally sides with corporations, suggested that the high court would allow Congress to erode the First Amendment by arguing that tech companies do not have the free speech rights to control their platforms. Continue reading.