In Brief: Free Speech & Social Media (with Jameel Jaffer)

Does the First Amendment protect the rights of social media companies to remove posts based on a user's point of view? The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals just said no. 

Preet speaks with Jameel Jaffer, the Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, about the ruling, which has been called “legally bonkers.”

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References and Supplemental Materials:

Texas’s House Bill 20

Florida’s Senate Bill 7072

11th CIrcuit’s decision invalidating SB7072, 5/23/22

5th Circuit decision upholding HB20, 9/16/22

District Court decision enjoining enforcement of HB20, 6/30/21

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