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Supreme Court’s Social Media Ruling Tilts Toward Free Speech

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The US Supreme Court this month declined to rule on whether Florida and Texas laws limiting social media platforms’ content moderation violates the First Amendment, sending the issue back to the lower courts. But in doing so,...more

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Curation Litigation: Social Networks’ Right to Be Unsociable

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“My freedom of speech stimulates your freedom to tell me I’m wrong.” – P.J. O’Rourke - In what is certainly the most important First Amendment decision of the term, if not recent memory, the US Supreme Court this summer will...more

Clark Hill PLC

SCOTUS Remands Social Media Content Moderation Cases and Signals Content Moderation as a First Amendment-Protected Activity

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The First Amendment still imposes some limits on the government’s ability to control what content appears online. On July 1, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton,...more

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What's Next After Major First Amendment Win For Online Companies In Supreme Court's NetChoice Decision?

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On July 1, the Supreme Court issued one of its most significant decisions regarding First Amendment rights on the internet in the NetChoice cases. At issue were a pair of facial First Amendment challenges to Texas and Florida...more

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Top First Amendment Cases of the 2023-2024 Supreme Court Term

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The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back from the brink in a term that could have reshaped First Amendment law for the internet age. ...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Supreme Court Issues Warning for Public Officials Using Social Media

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“Public service is a noble calling” that requires great sacrifice, often requiring public officials to surrender personal conveniences in favor of public business. An off-duty police officer jumps into action when there is...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees Grants Certiorari in the Two NetChoice Cases

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​​​​​​​In past Trending Law Blog posts on August 13, 2021, November 17, 2021, December 16, 2021, and September 8, 2022, we discussed the two NetChoice cases that arose in Florida (NetChoice, LLC v. Moody) and Texas...more

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Key SCOTUS Decisions in Tech – First Half 2017

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Despite being short one justice for much of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down multiple significant decisions this past term that can unsettle long-standing legal understandings in multiple technology fields. These...more

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