Re:South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
by nradov on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:49PM
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The Constitutional bar is pretty high for requiring anyone to engage in forced speech, even if it's purely commercial. Laws requiring broadcasters to transmit a certain amount of public interest or educational programming were generally upheld by the courts because spectrum is a limited public resource, and radio waves reach into everyone's home whether they want it or not. But cable TV and streaming video services have effectively unlimited capacity, so those old rules never applied to them.
Alcohol is a separate issue entirely. The 21st Amendment gives states broad authority to control distribution.
Alcohol is a separate issue entirely. The 21st Amendment gives states broad authority to control distribution.