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INSANE: Us top court sidesteps ruling on contentious social media laws - The Real Truth

The US Supreme Court declined to rule on whether it was constitutional for states to restrict the power of social media companies to moderate their content. (Credit: AFP)

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social media content moderation, in a decision welcomed by the tech industry.

Tech industry trade groups had challenged the laws passed by conservative Republican lawmakers in Florida and Texas in a bid to stem what they claimed was political bias by major platforms.

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