By: Anthony Aceto On September 29, 2023 the Supreme Court granted the certiorari petition for the dual cases of NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, LLC. These cases concern a seminal development of First Amendment application to social media platforms. These cases address the issue of whether a social media platform’s content moderation… Read More Publisher or Platform?¬¬– A Decision May Finally be Reached
By: Erin Howlin “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Thomas Jefferson uttered these words when America was newly freed and a democracy was just being born, however, these words remain true today. In the spring of 2022, Elon Musk offered Twitter $44 billion dollars… Read More Deal or No Deal: Constitutional Rights and Elon’s Big Plan
This blog explores Twitter’s suspension and eventual permanent removal of Donald Trump’s account after severely violating Twitter’s policy on civic integrity and safety measures. Furthermore, this blog explores whether or not the suspension and removal of his account violated his First Amendment rights, as wildly speculated throughout the media. Lastly, this blog discusses the power and responsibility of social media companies to police internet speech, and to what extent this censorship may reach without the infringing of users’ rights.… Read More 280 Characters of Pure Chaos: The Debate of First Amendment Rights on Social Media
Discussion on Google’s US Court ruling that a Canadian Ruling Requiring Google to Delist a website was Unenforceable And Violated Free Speech. … Read More Canadian Court Applies the Right to Be Forgotten Remedy to Intellectual Property Matters and In Order to Not Enforce the Ruling, Google Files a Lawsuit in U.S. in an Attempt to Get an Injunction Against the Canadian Order
POSTED BY Jessica Gonzalez On September 16th 2014, the Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2014 (the Act) was assigned to a congressional committee for approval. If approved, this Act would prohibit businesses from adding “non-disparagement” clauses to contracts consumers have to sign. In other words, businesses would not be able to fine or penalize those… Read More A Consumer’s Right to Write—Defending Freedom of Speech For Online Reviews