Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas listens as President Donald Trump speaks before administering ... [+] the Constitutional Oath to Amy Coney Barrett in Washington, Monday, October 26, 2020, after she was confirmed by the Senate earlier in the evening. Patrick Semansky/ASSOCIATED PRESSClarence Thomas holds a pretty dim view on Facebook, Twitter—and much of the rest of social media. He and the other eight Supreme Court justices handed down a ruling Monday morning in a case about President Trump blocking users on Twitter, vacating a lower court’s ruling that Trump’s action was unconstitutional. No other justice sided with Thomas, who has long expressed outsider views about the First Amendment, but they echo concerns expressed by other conservatives about Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies. His comments from the nation’s highest bench work to amplify those complaints and fuel a growing movement to change the laws governing social media.

Source: Forbes April 05, 2021 20:02 UTC