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By Evan Ringel Overby Student Workers By Evan Ringel Overby Student Workers

Meta’s settlement involves significant changes, but what about First Amendment implications?

Evan Ringel, an assistant professor of media law at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts, discusses the First Amendment implications in the landmark multistate settlement. The settlement was to resolve claims that the company had endangered teens by intentionally creating and implementing addictive design features. Ringel writes that the First Amendment places significant limits on direct government regulation of online expression.

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