Ayn Rand Institute | The Supreme Court’s NetChoice Decision: Online Free Speech on the Brink @AynRandInstitute | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Paul Taske, associate director of litigation at NetChoice, to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice decision and what it means for the future of free speech in America.
Among the topics covered:
● The Supreme Court’s decision to send the question about regulating social media platforms back to the federal district courts;
● Why content moderation is not censorship;
● How NetChoice responds to objections from the Court’s minority;
● How the Florida and Texas laws violate the right not to speak;
● Why NetChoice chose to make a facial challenge to the laws;
● How NetChoice responds to the idea that social media platforms are common carriers;
● How to think about the issue of whether the government has an interest in regulating social media platforms;
● How to evaluate other disagreements between the majority and the minority.
Recommended in this podcast are Greg Salmieri’s article “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” in Tara Smith’s The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom and the previous New Ideal podcast episode “Does Social Media Censor?: A Conversation with Steve Simpson.”
The podcast premiered on August 15, 2024.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Greg Salmieri, “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” in Tara Smith’s The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom: amazon.com/First-Amendment-Imperative-Intellectual-Freedom/dp/B0D5H9FVDW
Does Social Media Censor?: A Conversation with Steve Simpson: youtube.com/watch?v=5Fv78ueOJkM
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:12 Federal district courts and regulating social media platforms
0:10:38 Content moderation is not censorship
0:20:27 NetChoice’s response to objections
0:25:13 Florida and Texas violating the right not to speak
0:30:22 Facial challenge to the laws by NetChoice
0:38:21 NetChoice and the idea that social media platforms are common carriers
0:42:30 Government regulating social media platforms
0:48:03 Other disagreements between the majority and the minority
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In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Paul Taske, associate director of litigation at NetChoice, to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice decision and what it means for the future of free speech in America.
Among the topics covered:
● The Supreme Court’s decision to send the question about regulating social media platforms back to the federal district courts;
● Why content moderation is not censorship;
● How NetChoice responds to objections from the Court’s minority;
● How the Florida and Texas laws violate the right not to speak;
● Why NetChoice chose to make a facial challenge to the laws;
● How NetChoice responds to the idea that social media platforms are common carriers;
● How to think about the issue of whether the government has an interest in regulating social media platforms;
● How to evaluate other disagreements between the majority and the minority.
Recommended in this podcast are Greg Salmieri’s article “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” in Tara Smith’s The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom and the previous New Ideal podcast episode “Does Social Media Censor?: A Conversation with Steve Simpson.”
The podcast premiered on August 15, 2024.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Greg Salmieri, “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” in Tara Smith’s The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom: amazon.com/First-Amendment-Imperative-Intellectual-Freedom/dp/B0D5H9FVDW
Does Social Media Censor?: A Conversation with Steve Simpson: youtube.com/watch?v=5Fv78ueOJkM
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:12 Federal district courts and regulating social media platforms
0:10:38 Content moderation is not censorship
0:20:27 NetChoice’s response to objections
0:25:13 Florida and Texas violating the right not to speak
0:30:22 Facial challenge to the laws by NetChoice
0:38:21 NetChoice and the idea that social media platforms are common carriers
0:42:30 Government regulating social media platforms
0:48:03 Other disagreements between the majority and the minority
Subscribe to ARI’s YouTube channel to make sure you never miss a video:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
Download or stream free courses on Ayn Rand’s works and ideas with the Ayn Rand University app:
– App Store itunes.apple.com/us/app/ayn-rand-university/id1452535178?mt=8
– Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aynrandu
ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
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Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events
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