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 ...

MA Senate passes new social media bill. Here's what it does.

The MA Senate on July 9 passed their own version of a social media bill that aims to crack down on youth access while also ...
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 ...
CBS News

Tech groups ask court to quickly hear arguments about whether Florida's social media law violates First Amendment rights

After a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal ...
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 ...