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Free Speech

Courtesy of 1997 Supreme Court case Reno v. ACLU

Some restrictions too, such as...

Obstacles in lawmaking

Congressional woes

• 2012: Congress blocked a proposed federal law that would have prevented employers from demanding job applicants’ Facebook and other social media passwords.

• 2016: Congress failed to agree on the proposed Email Privacy Act, which would have required law enforcement to get a warrant before accessing Americans’ emails and other electronic communication

Hate speech laws vary buy nation

Some Progress in USA

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• FCC’s Open Internet rules

• Consumer Review Fairness Act

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