Do you lose free speech rights if you speak using a computer?

zigzag3143 · Jun 22, 2012

t took guts for the New York Times to publish an op-ed by Tim Wu, the Columbia law professor who coined the phrase "network neutrality," arguing that the First Amendment doesn't protect the contents of the New York Times website. A significant amount of the content on the Times website—stock tickers, the "most e-mailed" list, various interactive features—were generated not by human beings, but by computer programs. And, Wu argues, that has constitutional implications:

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Do you lose free speech rights if you speak using a computer?

zigzag3143

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