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In Texas, a disastrous ruling for journalists’ rights
The ruling concerned qualified immunity for police officers in Laredo, Texas.
January 29, 2024
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
First Amendment
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Texas attorney general’s lawsuit against Yelp poses serious threat to press freedom
Texas AG Ken Paxton is trying to punish Yelp for providing users with information about crisis pregnancy centers. That’s unconstitutional.
October 20, 2023
By
Gabe Rottman
and
Chris Young
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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Supreme Court pushes Texas, Florida social media cases down the road
The Supreme Court asked the solicitor general to weigh in on whether it should hear the social media cases.
January 30, 2023
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
First Amendment
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Florida and Silicon Valley agree: Justices, hear this case
Both parties are asking the Supreme Court to hear the First Amendment challenge to Florida’s content-moderation statute.
October 31, 2022
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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New York wades into social media regulation waters with ‘hateful conduct’ law
New York is the latest state to attempt to control how social media platforms moderate content.
June 27, 2022
By
Sara Grace Kennedy
and
Gillian Vernick
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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In Supreme Court’s shadow, another important ruling for free speech online
If SCOTUS lets Texas’s content-moderation law stay in effect, the result will be a significant shift in internet law.
May 31, 2022
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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In one-sentence ruling, appeals court upends the First Amendment online
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could reshape online speech nationwide.
May 16, 2022
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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In Texas clash with Silicon Valley, traditional press freedoms at risk
The push for government-enforced “fairness” in social media content moderation threatens the freedoms of traditional news outlets.
April 18, 2022
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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Well-meaning or not, proposed New York social media regulation bill likely unconstitutional
New York's proposed regulation is a different side of the same unconstitutional coin as bills recently passed in Florida, Texas.
January 10, 2022
By
Gillian Vernick
and
Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
Content Restrictions
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Texas enacts viewpoint discrimination ban for platforms
The Texas law is drawing obvious parallels to the Florida de-platforming statute suspended in July for violating the First Amendment.
September 21, 2021
By
Gillian Vernick
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Content Restrictions
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