Could Facebook Abandon Florida and Texas?
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on a case that could upend the online world. At issue are laws championed and passed by Republicans in Florida and Texas which would prevent social media companies from banning users based on their viewpoints. Jason Koebler, co-founder of the tech publication 404 Media, believes that tech companies would leave both states if the Supreme Court allowed these laws to stand.
Michigan holds its primary elections on Tuesday. From the war in Gaza to the candidates’ ages, voters in Detroit told us what issues are the most important to them as they head to the polls.
And in headlines: President Biden says he expects a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas as early as next week, the FTC sues to block a massive grocery store merger, and Trump could get hit with another gag order.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, February 27th. I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Travelle Anderson, and this is what a day. |
| 0:07.0 | Reminding listeners that if you start watching and rewatching Dune Part 1 now, |
| 0:12.0 | you'll have plenty of time to understand it before Part 2 comes out on Friday. |
| 0:18.0 | There's no pressure here, you know, nobody has to watch Dune, if they don't want to, I don't want to. |
| 0:22.0 | You got something against |
| 0:23.2 | then daya or Timothy Shalabay I'm not a sandworm person on today's show |
| 0:31.9 | Michiganers head to the polls and we hear what issues are driving them. |
| 0:36.7 | I am torn. I don't want to see a Trump presidency, but I don't want to see this continue to happen in Palestine. |
| 0:43.8 | Plus, speaking of, President Biden |
| 0:46.4 | says a ceasefire in the Middle East could come by next week. |
| 0:50.4 | But first, let's look at how yesterday Supreme Court hearing on social media |
| 0:54.0 | content could completely up in the online world. At issue are two laws |
| 0:58.6 | championed and passed by Republicans, one in Florida and another in Texas. They both handcuff social media |
| 1:05.5 | companies from banning users based on their viewpoints and restrict how they can |
| 1:09.9 | moderate content in the future. Now I would say these companies track record |
| 1:14.3 | at moderation has been spotty at best, right? |
| 1:19.0 | But still, when conservatives passed these laws, |
| 1:21.8 | they were basically arguing that they are targeted more often. |
| 1:25.2 | Of course that is what they were saying they always feel like they targeted more often. |
| 1:31.1 | Yeah. If these laws were to stand, however, there would be this patchwork between states of how |
| 1:35.9 | content is moderated. |
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