Constitutional LawFeaturedFirst Amendment
March 26, 2025By Donovan Smith
On January 7, 2025, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (“Zuckerberg”) announced the discontinuation of the company’s fact-checking program on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta will now rely on its 3.2 billion daily users to identify and correct inaccurate or false posts.[i] This system is similar to the one used by […]
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Constitutional LawFeaturedFirst AmendmentNational SecuritySocial Media
October 7, 2024By Sydney Fernandez
As the legal showdown over TikTok intensifies, the stakes are elevated for both national security and free speech. The U.S. government has enacted a ban on TikTok unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests its ownership.[i] In April, President Biden enacted legislation giving TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, ninety days to either secure a buyer outside […]
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Constitutional LawCriminal LawFeaturedFirst Amendment
April 15, 2024By Idan Livnat
On July 12, 2014, Conrad Roy III was found dead in the trunk of his car outside of a K-mart. He had left the engine running and filled his trunk with carbon monoxide gas. After an investigation, it was found that moments before his death, Roy was having second thoughts, but his girlfriend, Michelle […]
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Constitutional LawFeaturedFirst AmendmentSocial Media
April 1, 2024By Lauren Viola
Constitutional law in the digital age has just changed forever. On March 15, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States in Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier determined when public officials’ actions on social media platforms are considered state action, implicating First Amendment rights.[i] At the heart of both cases is the […]
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