Regulating Social Media

In the United States, federal and state legislatures have proposed various laws to regulate social media platforms. This article reviews how cases have construed the U.S. “freedom of speech” provision of its Constitution, ranging from the early days of the Internet to some recent social media cases. The article describes the standards used for evaluating restrictions on speech, whether restrictions are by a platform on the users or by the legislature on the platforms themselves.  It demonst