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New York’s Ban on Addictive Social Media Feeds for Kids Takes Shape With Proposed Rules

Online age check laws — on the rise in the U.S. — have garnered opposition from groups that advocate for digital privacy and free speech.

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Workers Commenting on Kirk’s Death Learn the Limits of Free Speech in and Out of Their Jobs

Laws can vary across states, but overall, there’s very little legal protections for employees who are punished for speech made both in and out of private workplaces.

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Judge Blocks Florida From Enforcing Social Media Ban for Kids While Lawsuit Continues

The judge wrote that the prohibition on social media platforms from allowing certain age groups to have accounts “directly burdens those youths’ rights to engage in and access speech.”

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Trump Order Aims to Dismantle What He Calls Government ‘Censorship’ of U.S. Citizens

The order comes after Trump and his supporters have accused the government of pressuring social media companies to take down posts over concerns around misinformation.

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Trump Issues Executive Order to Suspend U.S. TikTok Ban. But Can It Stick?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days even as national security questions persist.

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Supreme Court Backs Law Banning TikTok If Chinese Parent Company Refuses Sale

The justices decided the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its users.

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TikTok and the US Face Off in Court Over Law That Could Lead to Ban on Platform

TikTok argues the law runs afoul of the First Amendment while other opponents claim it mirrors crackdowns sometimes seen in authoritarian countries abroad.

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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Utah Social Media Law Aimed at Protecting Children

The judge wrote that the state has not articulated a compelling state interest in violating the First Amendment rights of the social media companies.

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