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This is an important ruling, but more work needs to be done. We need to decide if social media is a broadcast public media or if they’re private companies. Either decision had its own pros and cons, rights and responsibilities. They cannot be treated simultaneously as both. It’s time to seriously revisit Secton 230. #disinformation #socialmedia #conspiracies #cognitivesecurity

Is it time for governments to reign in social media platforms to stop publishing blatant lies, mistruths and disinformation? Do we want a world where fake news is allowed to be spread inciting terror and murder? Time for change and legislation.

📢 LAW ALERT: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court's order halting the efforts of the Biden administration to block controversial social media posts on topics regarding COVID-19 and election security. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gRvJ9dwg #whitehouse #covid19 #electionsecurity #firstamendment #constitutionallaw #socialmedia

Social media in local government is here to stay. In Lindke, Justice Barrett crafts the test for when government officials may violate civil rights with their own social media use. #law #constitutionallaw #socialmedia #unitedstatessupremecourt #USSC #municipal #city #county #agency #government #politics #facebook #instagram #tiktok #linkedin

What to Know About the Supreme Court Case on Free Speech on Social Media: Both Florida and Texas passed laws regulating how social media companies moderate speech online. The laws, if upheld, c... https://lnkd.in/dvHgxC9Y

 Check out the latest blog by Kevin Vu! This blog explores some of the possible reasons why the United States Supreme Court is taking more and more cases that concern social media companies. It first summarizes the cases currently on the Court’s docket, and then explains some reasons the Court could be taking those cases.   #SCOTUS #NetChoice #SocialMedia #FirstAmendment #TechLaw #uwlaw #wjlta https://lnkd.in/gKv3yyk4

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans by coercing social media companies to censor posts about COVID-19, elections, and other content the administration considered “problematic.” The Court modified a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court and now restricts the White House, the Surgeon General, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the FBI from improperly influencing social media content policies while the case continues in litigation. In Missouri v. Biden, the unanimous three-judge panel found that the White House, the Surgeon General, the CDC, and the FBI “likely coerced or significantly encouraged” social-media companies to remove “undesirable” posts “by way of intimidating messages and threats of adverse consequences.” The Court determined that social media platforms moderated their content policies “in capitulation to state-sponsored pressure” and therefore, those actions “must in law be deemed to be that of the State.” Read more on this huge win for free speech: https://lnkd.in/es2ZNh6k

🔍 The Supreme Court in spotlight! 🏛️💬 Deliberating on cases reshaping online speech and First Amendment in social media. 📜🔍 Laws from Florida & Texas trigger debates on censorship and platform duties. 🤔 Who's right? Legal scholars, playwrights, and more weigh in. 🌐💡 Conservatives fear government-led censorship with platform content moderation. #SupremeCourt #OnlineSpeech #FirstAmendment #Debates #Censorship 📚🎭

The debate over how far companies can go to limit content online — known as moderation — has become increasingly polarized. On one side, government officials have argued that they have a duty to protect public health and national security from false or misleading information. Republicans and others, however, have accused the social media giants of colluding with government officials to limit conservative voices in violation of First Amendment protections of free speech. The recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the latter, saying the Biden Administration coerced and threatened social media companies to take down content it considered to be false and harmful about COVID, the 2020 election and other topics. https://lnkd.in/gGYVv8uU #disinformation #misinformation #firstamendment #freespeech

Don’t get in hot water with your social media accounts. TAC attorneys break down the various laws that impact a county official’s use of social media in the on-demand CE course Social Media and the First Amendment. Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/XR9t50Qe4H4