In a hearing Thursday, a federal magistrate judge seemed to agree with disability advocates that forcing CNN to provide closed captioning on its Internet videos doesn’t violate the First Amendment, since closed captioning doesn’t require the news organization to summarize, distill or change its content.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold government rules on broadcast indecency, asserting a need to preserve a TV and radio “safe haven” devoid of foul language and nudity amid a proliferation of new, coarser media.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold government rules on broadcast indecency, asserting a need to preserve a TV and radio “safe haven” devoid of foul language and nudity amid a proliferation of new, coarser media.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold government rules on broadcast indecency, asserting a need to preserve a TV and radio “safe haven” devoid of foul language and nudity amid a proliferation of new, coarser media.
A federal judge in Maryland ruled last week that just as the 18th-century colonists drafted the First Amendment with public bulletin boards in mind, the same protections should be afforded to Tweets and other posts online.