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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

There's No Way FOSTA Isn't a First Amendment Violation, Says Lawsuit

There's no way the Allow States and Victims Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) doesn't violate the First Amendment, argues a federal lawsuit challenging the law. Among other things, it criminalizes web platforms that facilitate prostitution.

The case is now on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after a lower court said FOSTA did not outlaw or have an effect on protected speech. But a wealth of evidence suggests the lower court was wrong.

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