the dispute centers on a pair of laws passed in the red states of florida and texas over the question of first amendment rights on the internet. the supreme court is considering whether the platforms are like newspapers, which have free speech rights to make their own editorial decisions, or if they're more like telephone companies that merely transmit everyone's speech. if the laws are upheld, the platforms could be forced to carry hate speech and false medical information, the very content most big tech companies have spent years trying to remove through teams of content moderators. but in the process, conservatives claim that the companies have engaged in a conspiracy to suppress their speech. as in this case, a tweet in 2022 from congresswoman marjorie taylor greene falsely claiming that there were extremely high amounts of covid vaccine deaths. >> i have not misled anyone. i have not put out misinformation. >> reporter: twitter eventually banned greene's personal account for multiple violations of its covid policy. facebook and youtube also removed or labelled posts they deemed m