Supreme Court Divided on Censorship

Supreme Court Divided on Censorship
The U.S. Supreme Court on a rainy day in Washington on April 2, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Aaron Kheriaty
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The Solicitor General of Louisiana, who argued the case for our side, opened by pointing out that the government has many levers for coercion of social media companies, and they have been aggressively deployed since at least 2020. The platforms initially tried to push back but eventually caved under relentless government pressure to censor.

Aaron Kheriaty
Aaron Kheriaty
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Aaron Kheriaty is a physician, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and chief of ethics at The Unity Project.