U.S. Supreme Court
May 24, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to face down violent speech in cyber town square
Court declines to rule on scope of Section 230 immunity for violent speech on social media platforms.
Anita Taff-Rice
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Eighty years ago, Walter Chaplinsky proclaimed in a public square that religion was a racket and he called a city marshal “a [expletive] racketeer and “a damned Fascist.” A riot ensued and Chaplinsky was arrested for violating a statute barring offensive or annoying speech uttered in public places. The U.S. Supreme Court was called upon to determine whether the statute was constitutional and established the so-called “fighting words” exception to the Constitutional f...
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