District Court Halts New York Law Forcing Online Platforms To 'Respond' to 'Hateful' Speech

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A New York law requiring that social media companies publish official policies for reporting and responding to "hateful" conduct has been halted with a preliminary injunction after a New York district court sided with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the law on First Amendment grounds.

"New York tried to single out particular ideological viewpoints by requiring me and other platform operators to have policies for dealing with those viewpoints," plaintiff Eugene Volokh said in a Wednesday press release. "That's just as unconstitutional as the government targeting 'unpatriotic' speech or anti-police speech or whatever else."
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It's just a preliminary injunction and not a final decision on the lawsuit, but it's a good sign nonetheless.
 
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