Ep 65 — Can You Censor the Internet By Shouting ‘It’s For the Kids?’
Description
Utah tried to implement an age verification requirement for social media. The governor even got into a fight with our guest, free speech lawyer Ari Cohn, on Twitter, when he pointed out that the law was patently unconstitutional. But now a federal judge has enjoined it, because there is no One Weird Trick to get around the First Amendment. Did Gov. Cox ever apologize?
Links:
Nechoice v. Reyes [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68097000/netchoice-llc-v-reyes/
Utah Netchoice opinion
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.145120/gov.uscourts.utd.145120.86.0_1.pdf
Social Media and Youth Mental Health
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
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