State bill would let you sue social media giants for political censorship

Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by uberman on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:09PM (#25805990)

Citizens United is about corporations being guaranteed First Amendment rights including the right to speak via money.

The Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech applies to corporations and thus the government cannot limit their political spending.

Now that corporations have codified Political First Amendment rights, this proposed law would clearly fail a SCOTUS challenge.

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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:20PM (#25806059)

> Citizens United is about corporations being guaranteed First Amendment rights including the right to speak via money

Citizens United reaffirmed corporate personhood and the Constitution’s protection of all persons, natural or legal. But that is old case law.

The novel part was ruling that “independent political spending” counts as First Amendment protected speech.

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