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Do Statutory Protections Extend to Internet Speech?
Posted by Steven Wu on Thursday, December 05 @ 15:32:11 EST Free Expression
Eugene Volokh has written a column about the extension of statutory speech protection to Internet speech. This is separate from constitutional protection: generally, courts have held that Internet speech has the same constitutional protections as every other kind of speech. But many statutes give protection beyond what the Constitution mandates, and the question is whether certain statutes extending protection to speech (broadly defined) also include Internet speech. Volokh discusses the conflicting opinions of Georgia and Wisconsin state courts.

Also of interest to those who attended the Revenge of the Blog conference: Volokh mentions near the end of the column that the easy publication and open access of the Internet--epitomized by the incredible readership of cheaply maintained blogs--may play an important role in determining how state courts extend certain statutes to the Internet.

 
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