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Students’ shutting down campus public speakers has become increasingly common at universities across the U.S. Recently at Stanford Law School, student protesters shouted over a Trump-appointed federal judge and disrupted the speech he had been invited by students to give. Continue reading
The aftershocks of the 2020 presidential election continue to reverberate in politics and the media with Fox News Network’s April 18, 2023, US$787.5 million settlement with U.S. Dominion Inc. The settlement puts an end to Dominion’s defamation suit against the network. Continue reading
Headlines in early March 2023 implied Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch had made a damning confession. He had affirmed that some of his most important journalists were reporting that the 2020 presidential election was a fraud – even though they knew they were propagating a lie. Continue reading
Everyone seems to hate what they call “the media.” Attacking journalism – even accurate and verified reporting – provides a quick lift for politicians. Continue reading
Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News offers unprecedented access to internal discussions at the network regarding its coverage of false narratives disseminated by Donald Trump and his enablers regarding the integrity of the 2020 election that formed part of a broader conspiracy to overturn the results of the election, culminating in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Continue reading
Do traditional IP and free speech laws and precedent apply in the context of NFTs, and does their application mean the end of NFTs as an artform? The short answer in the aftermath of Hermès v. Rothschild: Of course they do, and definitely not! Continue reading
This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases – Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh – that have the potential to fundamentally change how social media companies recommend and moderate content. Both cases will impact the scope of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act which shields internet platforms from liability for content posted on their platforms. Section 230 is viewed by many as one of the foundations of internet freedom. Continue reading
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as its owner, have fueled a new wave of calls for regulating social media companies. Elected officials and policy scholars have argued for years that companies like Twitter and Facebook – now Meta – have immense power over public discussions and can use that power to elevate some views and suppress others. Continue reading
One of Elon Musk’s stated reasons for purchasing Twitter was to use the social media platform to defend the right to free speech. The ability to defend that right, or to abuse it, lies in a specific piece of legislation passed in 1996, at the pre-dawn of the modern age of social media. Continue reading
This update covers media and freedom of speech cases before the United States Supreme Court, the Federal Appeals Courts and the Federal District Courts in 2022 and other media law news. Continue reading
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