Government Entity May Turn off All Comments on Its Social Media Page
It just can't limit such comments in a viewpoint-based way.
It just can't limit such comments in a viewpoint-based way.
Actually, the resolution just dictates what flags may be flown on city flagpoles; and that, I think, is constitutionally permissible.
The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue.
The FAIR Act includes several substantial reforms that would make it harder to take property from innocent owners through civil forfeiture.
Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"
on the grounds that the firing was for "misconduct" (such as violation of a social media policy)?
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
If the Florida governor wants better behavior, he should model better behavior.
Parents of disabled children say the schools filed false neglect reports against them.
with relevance to both a 1980 precedent and a recent article by Alex Reinert
(though false allegations about the details of the conduct may be).
Government officials have neither the right nor the credibility to stand in the way.
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
BlueCross BlueShield allegedly fired an employee for "email[ing] Tennessee state legislators with her concerns and grievances regarding vaccine mandates."
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
The man behind 3D-printed guns talks about beating the ATF, his abiding interest in cyberpunk culture, and what comes next for "practical anarchy."
But Chris Rufo bragged about breaking the law anyway.
At this rate, the Southern Poverty Law Center's notorious hate map might eventually describe everyone as an extremist.
Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.
"[A]n individual's name is not sensitive data in and of itself, and Plaintiff does not explain how publication of Plaintiff's name would place Plaintiff's data at further risk."
California’s governor insists his “28th Amendment” would leave the right to arms “intact.”
Thin-skinned authoritarians of the world, unite!
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
After officials in Orem, Utah, banned “heritage month” displays in the public library, it threatened to discipline librarians who criticized the censorship.
We'll give you an answer within 14 days, and we can publish them within several weeks, if you'd like.
"All I've been able to see for a little while was this trial," says Amy Lovato.
It's not a broad attack on free expression, but Thursday's ruling is certainly a victory for brands that can't take a joke.
Eight weeks ago, a camouflaged game warden came onto Josh Highlander's land, scared his son, and stole his trail camera.
So holds the D.C. Court of Appeals, D.C.'s equivalent of a state supreme court.
Legal scholar Julie Suk argues the answer is "yes." The idea has a solid basis in natural rights theory, but is at odds with longstanding legal doctrine. It also has potentially very broad libertarian implications.
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
The decision highlights the injustice of a federal law that bans gun possession by broad categories of "prohibited persons."
The You Can't Joke About That author says that free speech and dark humor can bring a fragmented country together.
"Dr. Cline inseminated many of his female patients with his own semen, ultimately, fathering approximately [94] children"; Netflix allegedly promised the Secret Children anonymity when making its film, but allegedly broke its promise.
The court also concludes that there is no separate "verbal assault" tort in Mississippi, and that falsely telling spouse "I love you" generally isn't actionable fraud.
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