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The CEOs of Meta, Amazon, Google and X – Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk – attend the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Ricky Carioti - Pool/Getty Images

Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation

Trump Media and Rumble joining X in legal fight against the Brazilian Supreme Court marks a new era of deregulation pushes.
How much power do social media companies have over what users post? Midnight Studio/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation

Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.

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