Supreme Court puts content moderation on solid legal ground

### Executive summary: The Supreme Court ruled in Moody v. NetChoice that private online platforms’ content-moderation decisions are protected by the First Amendment, limiting state laws that would force platforms to host or prioritize certain speech; the Court remanded the case for lower courts to evaluate how broadly state definitions of “social media” might apply. The decision was praised by tech and civic groups as a win for free expression and criticized by conservative officials, and it is likely to spawn additional litigation in lower courts over the scope and application of such state restrictions.