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Jerry LambeApr 8th, 2021, 2:01 pm
Sponsor of HB1219 Rep. Susan Lynn.
State lawmakers in Tennessee are moving forward with a bill aimed at “stopping the press from serving as a slander machine” by mandating that media outlets which publish reports on criminal charges or civil lawsuits filed against individuals or organizations also publish a follow up report on the outcome of those cases. Legal experts resoundingly derided the measure as “laughably unconstitutional.”
The HB1219, also known as the “Stop Guilt by Association Act,” was placed on the House Civil Justice subcommittee calendar Wednesday and scheduled for debate next week.
Under the measure, if a media outlet reported on the initial facts of a particular controversy, that outlet would also be required to provide comparably equal coverage in “time, place, magnitude, prominence, scale, and manner” regarding the ultimate conclusion of that controversy. It would also entitle people accused of criminal conduc
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Republican legislation meant to stop censorship on social media platforms could backfire and result in less conservative speech and a number of onerous lawsuits that will hamstring their goals, conservative lawyers say.
Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have passed laws or are
pushing for bills that would restrict Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter from moderating content or blocking users on their platforms. Lawmakers in Texas, Florida, Arizona, and North Dakota have introduced bills that mandate greater transparency in regard to content moderation and prevent social media platforms from canceling conservative speech. Utah s Republican governor is expected to approve such legislation shortly.