First Amendment Watch

Project of New York University. We cover threats to the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition.

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We've released a first-of-its-kind database tracking strategic lawsuits against public participation, potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that chill speech and deter scrutiny. Check out The SLAPP Back Initiative: https://t.co/0fCtlHXcxD

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A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant.

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A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. https://t.co/fgpcHpIqqd

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A nonprofit organization that surveys hospitals across the country and grades them based on standards of care, filed an opening brief in the 11th Circuit after a lower court found its grading system violates Florida consumer protection law.

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Already embroiled in a tense legal standoff with the White House, CNN is threatening further action in the courts if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One and the “pool” of journalists who accompany President Trump when he travels.

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Lawyers for the BBC say President Donald Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition in the defamation case he brought against the British broadcaster until January 2027.https://t.co/3dMNKqXsiL

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The state of Florida won a key court decision Wednesday that allows it to enforce a ban on social media accounts for kids under 14 and other restrictions.

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A judge extended an order blocking Trump’s administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, a pivotal operational development for the organizations as the extraordinary case makes its way through the legal system. https://t.co/Ztro1eo6ih

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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday.https://t.co/wGtWFuhL88

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An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House. https://t.co/OTHNnt1m2F

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The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections.https://t.co/OOdY1gnY15

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A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses. https://t.co/hT7Gp4mdYm

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Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island during a Fourth of July celebration and was later found dead, are suing NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation.https://t.co/nwjeA3rTZQ

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Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university’s response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight.https://t.co/IW8QqVEQ5k

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The U.S. can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque — an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights — on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday.https://t.co/JvVuy5ZpLr

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Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the action until the case is resolved. https://t.co/XnQVgI79NC

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Journalists from three news outlets that Trump banned from White House grounds are back at the executive complex with TV cameras, laptops and microphones in hand. But the legal battle between Trump and some of the media that cover him is far from over.https://t.co/6clRNkLod9

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The White House left CNN off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s trip Saturday to a college football game in Tennessee, marking the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.

https://t.co/O8LxnzJefE

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A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform in the latest legal setback against the social media giant that has already cost it billions of dollars.

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We spoke wth @acluct's legal director Dan Barrett about the Second Circuits recent decision affirming the First Amendment right to record police. Watch the full interview: https://t.co/7ywyRwsnnm

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We spoke with Brian Klosterboer, senior staff attorney at @aclutx, about the recent decision finding the state's drag ban unconstitutional. Klosterboer described the state’s argument that drag is not protected speech as “dangerous." Watch the interview: https://t.co/UkwcqpIEN1