Florida social media ban upheld: What the ruling means for minors

A federal appeals court ruled Florida’s social media restrictions for minors are likely constitutional. Here's what that ...

Appeals court OKs Florida law on social media access

A federal appeals court ruled Florida can enforce a law restricting social media access for minors to curb risks.

Florida’s social media law aimed at banning kids’ accounts upheld by federal appeals court

Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal ...
American Enterprise Institute

Anthropic and First Amendment Retaliation: Social Media Posts May Bolster Lawsuit

If the plaintiff’s allegations in Anthropic PBC v. US Department of War hold up in federal court in Northern California, then a bellicose post by President Donald Trump and one by Secretary of War ...
American Enterprise Institute

Statutory Underinclusivity and Social Media Platforms: First Amendment Lessons for Lawmakers

The theme song from H.R. Pufnstuf, a “fantastical” 1969 children’s television program, features the cryptic lyric “can’t do a little cause he can’t do enough.” Two recent federal court ...
Sacramento Bee

Holding social media companies liable violates the First Amendment | Opinion

A Meta logo is displayed on a laptop screen next to the Facebook app on a phone screen. Holding platforms civilly liable for speech-based design choices undermines First Amendment rights and risks ...
Reason

Content Moderation and the First Amendment

Back in 2013 I argued that under the Supreme Court's jurisprudence algorithmic editing is speech for First Amendment purposes, and in Moody v. NetChoice the Supreme Court squarely so stated, in the ...
The Denver Post

Colorado students can be expelled for social media posts made outside of school. Attorneys say that violates the First Amendment.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By the time criminal defense attorney Jamie Hubbard stepped into a Denver courtroom in December 2023, hoping to sway a jury’s opinion in favor of her young ...