KEY POINTS
  • Justice Clarence Thomas suggested Monday that tech platforms could be regulated like utilities in what would be a major shift for services like Facebook, Google and Twitter.
  • Thomas, one of the Supreme Court's most conservative voices, made his point in a concurrence submitted alongside a decision to vacate a lower court's ruling involving former President Donald Trump's Twitter account.
  • Thomas' concurrence signals the justice would be open to arguments that could require a fundamental change to how tech platforms function.
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official group photo at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 30, 2018.

Justice Clarence Thomas suggested Monday that tech platforms could be regulated like utilities in what would be a major shift for services such as Facebook, Google and Twitter.

Thomas, one of the Supreme Court's most conservative voices, made his point in a concurrence submitted alongside a decision to vacate a lower court's ruling involving former President Donald Trump's Twitter account.