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Supreme Court seems hesitant about banning government contacts with social media
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of Knight First Amendment Institute, said that presidents and members of Congress can and do say a lot of “nasty things” about social media companies in public, but it’s the private communications that make people suspicious. Jaffer was appearing before the US Supreme Court in a case involving government influence over…
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The U.S. does not have the power to stamp out false information on social media
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, said the US government should engage with social media companies about their content moderation decisions and policies. He said this after a judge ruled that government officials can’t ask for information about moderation. The White House had said tech companies are not…