First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists, Amici Curiae
The parties in this brief are First Amendment clinics at five law schools as well as individuals in North Carolina and Arizona whose social media comments have been removed or hidden, or who have been blocked, by public officials and entities. The following is excerpted from the Amici Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 15, 2023. The exclusion of members of the public from social media platforms by government officials and agencies creates a fundamental free speech problem in our modern digital age. The question before this court is what state-action test should…