( December 22, 2023, 2:10 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of the federal government filing its opening merits brief in a dispute over whether social media platforms’ content moderation decisions were made as state actors, amicus curiae briefs supporting neither party were filed Dec. 21 by a think tank, civil liberties groups, trade associations and research organizations, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to not lose focus on the rights of internet platform operators and their users under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even though they are not specifically represented in the lawsuit....