Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 10, 2020
Government-hosted social media and the 1st Amendment
On Feb. 26, the 9th Circuit rejected the argument that the ubiquity of social media platforms as a means of communication rendered them subject to First Amendment scrutiny by the federal courts for decisions on what user speech to allow.
David Urban
Senior Counsel
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Email: durban@lcwlegal.com
David Urban, senior counsel at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, represents public and private educators as well as public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law.
On Feb. 26, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided a landmark First Amendment case, Prager University v. Google LLC, 2020 DJDAR 1569. In its decision, the 9th Circuit rejected the argument that the ubiquity of social media platforms as a means of communication rendered them subject to First Amendment scrutiny by the federal courts for decisions on what u...
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