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Constitutional Law,
Government

Jan. 20, 2021

Congress, tech must work together to stop speech inciting violence

It’s clear that the social media companies have been, and will likely continue to be, wholly unsuccessful at self-regulation. It’s time that Congress, academics and technology giants work together to prevent speech that explicitly encourages or facilitates violence.

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder
iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

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Congress, tech must work together to stop speech inciting violence

"Smokey and the Bandit," a 1977 road trip buddy comedy, followed the exploits of Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed as they attempt to deliver a forbidden truck load of Coors from Texarkana, Texas to Atlanta in a ridiculously short amount of time. They devised a scheme in which Reynolds speeds ahead in his flashy black Pontiac TransAm as a decoy to di...

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