#LawFedi question: is there any legal obligation for social media companies to remain within a semblance of politically neutrality (looking at you X/Twitter)?
Is there precedent related to it and/or laws in the works that speak to this? Does it differ substantially based on where a company is located and/or operates?
I've been seeing a lot of posts about the government stepping in to stop Musk's blatant hands on the political scales, but don't get the sense it has legal authority to do so.
Kyle Montanio /
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2024-08-13 17:16:16
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