The face of big tech in court.

From American public media, this is marketplace tech.

I'm Lily Dramale. The Supreme Court today hears arguments on two state laws, one in Texas and another in Florida,

that look to punish social media platforms

over allegations they censor conservative speech.

It turns out the legal force fighting

these state laws is itself a group with

conservative leanings. Net Choice has emerged as big tech's top political

lobbyist and it's going after social media crackdowns in blue states too,

like the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act,

which required that platforms put in stronger data privacy protections

by default for younger users online.

Wherever a social media regulation pops up,

net choice, it seems, is there.

And we've noticed as we continue to cover efforts by state and federal

lawmakers to keep kids safe online.

Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law has been reporting on the organization.

Net Choice is a small... has been reporting on the organization.

Net Choice is a small tech industry trade association and their members include some

of the largest social media companies in the world, meta platforms, the former Twitter now X Corp,

Google as well. So they have backing from much of the many of the biggest

Silicon Valley players and they've been around for quite a while now since

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