Rumble Wins Victory Against New York Law Targeting Online Speech
February 16 2023 - 4:05PM
Rumble, the video-sharing platform (NASDAQ: RUM), announced that a
federal court has halted enforcement of a New York law that forces
social media platforms to target constitutionally protected speech.
The law forced websites and apps to publish a policy explaining
how to respond to online expressions that could be perceived to
“vilify, humiliate, or incite violence” based on a protected class,
but did not define any of those terms. Without any definitions the
law would have covered constitutionally protected speech. New
York’s law also required platforms create a way for visitors to
complain about “hateful content” and mandated that platforms
answered the complaints. In his decision, Judge Andrew Carter of
the Southern District of New York explained that the law
unconstitutionally requires social media networks to adopt the
state’s message about the definition of “hateful content” and
chills the constitutionally protected speech of social media
users.
Rumble and Locals were joined in the lawsuit by constitutional
law professor Eugene Volokh and represented by the Foundation for
Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual
rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.
Rumble General Counsel Michael Ellis said, “We applaud the court
for recognizing that New York’s misguided attempt to chill online
speech goes directly against the principles of freedom of speech.
America’s founders would be proud today.”
“New York’s vague and overbroad law sought to stifle robust
debate on the internet,” said FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner. “Today’s
decision is a victory for the First Amendment that should be
celebrated by everyone who hopes to see the internet continue as a
place where even difficult and contentious issues can be debated
and discussed freely.”
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