Internet platforms today control the w millions of americans counate with each other and with the world. Platforms achieve that success by marketing themselves as neutral ru for free spch now that they sthe communications of billions of users, they sing a very differentun they now say they are inact editors of their users speech, rather like a newspaper. They contend they possess a broad first enent right to censor anything they host on their sites, even wn ing so contradict their own representations to consumers. But the design of the First Amendment is to prevent the suppression of speech, not to enable it. Th iwhy the telephone companynd Delivery Service has no first moment right to use their services aa chokepoint sence those they disfavor. Broadly facilitating communication in that way is conduct, not speech. If verizon asserted a first moment right to cancel disfavored clients at a whim, that would fail. Social Networking Companies are in the busesof transmitting their users spee
United states is on to the Knockout Round. The game ended a few minutes ago. Man, by the skin of their teeth. They were inches away from their tournament being over in a flash. We knew, the u. S. Is twotime defending champions, and this is a historic run by this squad. Going into the tournament, we knew this was a bit of a transition year. Its sort of the last gasp, if you will, from some of the stalwarts weve gotten to know from the last couple runs. Theyre older now, and there is a young and Impressive Group of players coming through. At times, its been an uneasy mix. They, frankly, havent looked very good so far. They beat vietnam 30 when expectations were seven, eight, nine or more, then a pair of draws. It cant be said enough, if this is a couple inches to the left, they go home. Theyre fortunate to advance here. They have a couple days off. Hopefully they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. Twotime defending champions, the womens team are on to the
The Supreme Court has ruled 72 in favor of the law that prritizes keeping native american adoptees within their ibe or family. It supportshe constitutionality of the 1978 indian Child Welfare act which is being challenged on the ground tt violated the equal protection clause. The case was argued before the court last november. This is about three hours and 15 nutes. We will hear arguments this morning in case 21376 and the consolidated cases. Thk you and may i please the court. Government, in 2020 there we over 11,000 nativrican children in state foster care. The indian Child Welfare act deprives indian children of thee the best intes of the child test. It replaces the test tube the hierarchy o the placement preferences that puts nonindian families at the bottom of the list. As the court explained, this fixed rates a federal policy of sending indian children to the dian community. The problem is that there are fewer than 2,000 native american foster homes. That means each year hundreds
In part, while my Office Supports the right to protest, its important to note that Public Safety should never be compromised in exercising the First Amendment right of free speech guaranteed under the u. S. Constitution. Try mixing for cisco police are saying a 14yearold was responsible for setting on fire in chinatown. You might remember this video. Posted the social media, showing the car being tagged before someone set off a firework inside. No one was inside but it quickly was engulfed in flames. The police say they hate have identified the suspect. He is facing charges with the juvenile probation department. They will decide if he will be arrested or appear in court out of custody. In an unprecedented move in santa clara county. They charged two drug dealers for murder for their part of the fentanyl overdose of an 18 month little girl. Known as winter died of fentanyl poisoning. Philip ortega and paige vitelli were charged with murder in connection with their death. Jeff rosen sai
In. The popular camera store on the peninsula picking up the pieces. Good afternoon, i am, audrey. Welcome to bay city area news at 4 30. We will be joined with the damage in a little bit. We are tracking stories on this wednesday including new charges in the case of an 18monthold girl killed by fentanyl. Your water bill could be going up soon. Ian cole is looking into the reason behind the rate hike. We are 100 days away from the paris olympics. The city of light will be the epicenter of the world. We will show you the bay area and athletes preparing for the summer games. Lets begin with the camera store break in. Someone drove through the front of the store. Whoever did it was in and out within a minute. Scott joins us from mikes cameras. Scott, you were able to speak with the store manager today. What have you learned . Reporter audrey, good afternoon. It was about 4 00 in the morning on tuesday that a car backed through a window at mikes cameras. People got out of the car, rob the