North Dakota Law

Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s article addresses upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding social media and free speech

On February 26th, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases concerning whether social media companies have 1st Amendment rights to engage in content moderation.

Professor Blake A. Klinkner recently published a law review article addressing these two cases, “Social Media and the First Amendment: Are Social Media Platforms ‘Common Carriers’ Without a Right to Engage in Content Moderation?” In his article, Professor Klinkner argues that social media platforms are not common carriers, and that social media platforms have 1st Amendment rights to engage in content moderation.

Read Professor Klinkner’s Article