Are social media companies newspapers in the eyes of the Supreme Court? Should government be allowed to treat them like public utilities? What role does social media play in our current democratic crises, and what role should the First Amendment play in our legislative responses to those crises? This episode is a fascinating conversation that features the expertise of Democracy's Future co-host Zephyr Teachout, who has been a leading commentator on this issue, with our guest Sandeep Vaheesan, antimonopoly expert and legal director at the Open Markets Institute to discuss Netchoice v. Paxton and Moody v. Netchoice, two high stakes cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide very soon.
Sandeep Vaheesan, The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech, The New Republic, Feb. 24, 2024.
Amicus Brief of the Open Markets Institute in Netchoice v. Paxton
Zephyr Teachout, Texas's Social-Media Law is Dangerous. Striking it Down Could Be Worse. The Atlantic, Feb. 20, 2024.