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Mar 15, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision Related to Whether Public Officials Can Block Social Media Followers
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday clarified when public officials’ social media posts are subject to the First Amendment in response to two challenges, O’Connor-Ratcli...
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Court case: O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
Feb 26, 2024
Rights Groups Urge U.S. Trade Representative to Reaffirm Commitment to a Free and Open Internet
Ahead of World Trade Organization annual meeting, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, Freedom House, and partners raise concerns over Biden Administration withdrawing support for reforms needed to protect an equitable, free, and open global internet
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology
Feb 14, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Northern California Urge Court to Continue to Block Unconstitutional Restriction on Online Publication, Recognize Importance of Consumer Privacy Laws
The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was framed as a law to protect children’s privacy online, but it is actually a content-based regulation of free speech.
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Court case: Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta
Jan 29, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech
Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Parks v. McCormac
Jan 10, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Protect Right to Privacy in Internet Searches
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and librarians file amicus in Pennsylvania v. Kurtz, asking the state Supreme Court to protect people seeking information online
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology National Security
Court case: Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Dec 05, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and RCFP Urge Supreme Court to Block Two State Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media
Private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton
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