Free Speech Defenders Discuss Elon Musk’s First Amendment Proposal on Twitter

Free speech defenders Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School, Nadine Strossen of New York Law School, and Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education discuss Elon Musk proposal that under his ownership, Twitter would allow all speech that the First Amendment protects.
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The "time-tested standards” bar is pretty high, and it should be when dealing with government. There is no “time tested” standard in a social media world that changes faster than time will allow to “test”. Of note is that two Supreme Court Justices now suggest lower that bar in certain respects (revisit NYT v. Sullivan).
Speech off limits to government because of the 1st amendment does not mean that speech has any real value I the Marketplace of ideas or does not cause any real harm. I think it is mistaken to think the “time tested” standards of the ivory tower will translate so easily or meaningfully to boots on the ground on social media.