First Amendment

  1. First AmendmentSocial Media

    X gets Ninth Circuit win in case over California’s content moderation law

    X sued the California attorney general, challenging Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587) - a law that required large social media companies to submit semiannual reports . . .

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    Supreme Court weighs in on Texas and Florida social media laws

    In a significant case involving the intersection of technology and constitutional law, NetChoice LLC sued Florida and Texas, challenging their social media content-moderation laws. Both . . .

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    TikTok v. Garland: A full rundown of the Constitutional issues

    As anticipated, TikTok and ByteDance have initiated legal action against the U.S. government, challenging a recently enacted law that would ban TikTok unless ByteDance sells . . .

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    TikTok’s constitutional arguments against the ban: a first look

    As expected, TikTok has sued the federal government over the law enacted last month that requires ByteDance to sell off the app or be banned. . . .

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    TikTok and the First Amendment: Previewing some of the free speech issues

    TikTok is on the verge of a potential federal ban in the United States. This development echoes a previous situation in Montana, where a 2023 . . .

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    TikTok is now officially among the walking dead

    It's now the law of the land that come nine months from now, if any of the app stores make TikTok available or if any . . .

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    On FOX 2 Detroit talking about the TikTok ban

    Earlier today I enjoyed appearing live on Fox 2 Detroit talking about the TikTok ban. We discussed what the act that the House of Representatives . . .

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    What does the “bill that could ban TikTok” actually say?

    In addition to causing free speech concerns, the bill is troubling in the way it gives unchecked power to the Executive Branch. Earlier this week . . .

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    How did Ohio’s efforts to regulate children’s access to social media violate the constitution?

    Ohio passed a law called the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act which sought to require certain categories of online services to obtain parental . . .

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    Required content moderation reporting does not violate X’s First Amendment rights

    A federal court in California has upheld the constitutionality of the state's Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587), which mandates social media companies to submit to . . .

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