Trump Backs Florida Social Media Law at Supreme Court (1)

Former President Donald Trump urged the US Supreme Court to let the government impose anti-discrimination requirements on social media companies, throwing his support behind a Florida law enacted after he was kicked off Twitter and Facebook.

Florida is asking the nation’s highest court to take up the case after a federal appeals court blocked part of the law as probably violating the First Amendment.

The law is “an effort of the Florida legislature to ensure that, like any common carrier, platforms do not unfairly discriminate against users,” Trump argued in a 25-page filing urging the court to hear the Florida ...