[ NNSquad ] "Regulating Google results would violate First Amendment"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Regulating Google results would violate First Amendment"

http://j.mp/IOoDoj  (ars technica) [article]

http://j.mp/IOoBNd  (volokh) [paper / PDF]

    "A prominent First Amendment scholar has co-authored a white paper
     arguing that search engines enjoy the same high level of First
     Amendment protections as traditional media outlets. Google
     commissioned the paper, presumably to help ward off calls for
     government regulation of its search results."

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The paper's analysis is correct.  And especially to the critics in the
audience, I'll note that this fact is true regardless of the paper's
funding source.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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