Snap Wants to be a State Actor??–Kansas v. Snap

For decades, private Internet services have uniformly tried to avoid being legally characterized as government actors. If they become state actors, they must comply with Constitutional restrictions–meaning the Constitutionally required freedoms of speech and press would extend to their user-authors...
43 points by hn_acker 26 days ago blog.ericgoldman.org 12 comments

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Snap’s legal battle in Kansas raises important questions about whether private internet services can be classified as state actors, which would subject them to Constitutional obligations. This case could have significant implications for user rights and content moderation policies across social media platforms.

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