Category Archives: social media and social protests

In New Supreme Court Social Media Case, Echoes of Citizens United on “AntiDistortion” and the Foreign Campaign Spending Ban, with Implications for Shutting Down Tik-Tok

campaign finance, social media and social protests, Supreme Court
I want to pick up a point first flagged yesterday by Eugene Volokh from yesterday’s decision in Moody v. NetChoice that could have relevance to new legislation, currently being challenged in court, that could ban Tik-Tok as being foreign owned.… Continue reading

My New Slate Piece on Today’s NetChoice Social Media Cases: “The First Amendment Just Dodged an Enormous Bullet at the Supreme Court”

First Amendment theory, social media and social protests, Supreme Court
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: At Supreme Court oral argument in the Texas social media case back in February, Justice Samuel Alito asked the question: “Let’s say YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh?”… Continue reading

Supreme Court on 6-3 Vote Rejects Social Media Government “Jawboning” Claim on Standing Grounds, But Strongly Suggests Claims of Jawboning were False

cheap speech, social media and social protests, Supreme Court
You can find the majority opinion in Murthy v. Missouri of Justice Barrett, along with the dissent of Justice Alito (joined by Justices Gorsuch and Thomas) at this link. The claim was that government agencies pressured or coerced social media… Continue reading

New Amicus Brief Filed in Supreme Court in NetChoice Social Media Cases (on Behalf of Brendan Nyhan, Amy Wilentz, and Me) on How Texas and Florida’s Social Media Laws Raise the Risk of Election Subversion

election subversion risk, social media and social protests
Here’s the introduction and summary of argument from this just-filed amicus brief in the NetChoice cases on behalf of political scientist Brendan Nyhan, journalism professor Amy Wilentz, and me, written by me and Nat Bach (a former UCLA… Continue reading