I think you'll find they don't have to compel you to write code. They can simply prevent you from doing something else if you don't meet an obligation. Many many industries have compliance obligations that compel speech. Therapists have to report certain things if they hear them. Managers have a duty to report. My restaurant time I was required to write temperature logs.

The idea that code can't be compelled to fit a shape by the government is goofball nonsense.

It's like a product safety law. No state can compel you to put a pressure relief valve on your boilers. But they can stop you selling boilers without pressure relief valves. They can also prosecute you if your boiler explodes and kills people.

I assume you've heard of New Mexico's DoJ winning a not-quite-$1B court case against Meta.

Maybe Meta's lawyers will win on appeal, maybe they won't. "Think of the children!" pushes a lot of emotional buttons.

But Mr. Zuck most certainly can decide that he doesn't like the legal bills and uncertainty, and order his developers to write code.