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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Does First Amendment protect online disinformation?

    An appeals court says the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment as it tried to fight COVID disinformation.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 11, 2023 • 1 min read

    An appeals court says the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment as it tried to fight COVID disinformation.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Grace Potter pays a musical homage to the open road
    1. 0:00DOJ v. Google: What’s at stake in antitrust trial
    2. 9:00Does First Amendment protect online disinformation?You’re reading this
    3. 17:30‘Why is it just us?’: Asylum seekers from Muslim countries face prosecution
    4. 27:43US has a new women’s tennis star: 19-year-old Coco Gauff
    5. 34:19Grace Potter: Making music on the road, facing her feelings
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