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Lawyers filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to take up a First Amendment battle about a 2021 law that placed restrictions on industry giants such as Facebook and Twitter.

In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said social media companies' moderation and curation efforts were protected by the First Amendment.

It said the law was overreach to tell the social media companies how to conduct their work.

It follows a ruling last year that the law violated the First Amendment.

It will address a law that prohibits social media companies from banning political candidates’ accounts.

Before Twitter accepted Musk's $44 billion offer, he has floated numerous ideas for changing the social network. Not all of those proposals have been welcomed by experts.

The sale caps a dizzying saga for Twitter and Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prolific user of the social media platform.

Top legal experts say Florida law’s restrictions on social media companies was clearly unconstitutional.

She says Twitter suspended her account because she violated rules against platform manipulation and spam.

The Twitter account had been silent since March 11 after a second cease-and-desist letter was sent. It showed signs of renewed life after news reports and expressions of public support.

The account “Are Publix Chicken Tender Subs On Sale?” said it had received a cease-and-desist order from Publix objecting to a related text-message notification service.

Graham Ivan Clark, who was 17 at the time of the July hack, used accounts from people like President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and Bill Gates, to solicit more than $117,000 in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin from unsuspecting victims.