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#unconstitutional — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #unconstitutional, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Online keeps hammering X despite threat

    The US is not backing down from its fight to technology researchers who monitor safety risks on the biggest online platforms.

    In July, a judge blocked as an policy that the US relied on to weigh whether to and deport people who flag illegal or harmful online content as national risks. In his announcement of the policy, explained that by targeting a list of researchers—which he stood “ready and willing” to expand—the policy supposedly served to prevent foreign nationals from manipulating digital town squares and Americans.

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  2. Online #hate #researcher keeps hammering X despite #deportation threat

    The US is not backing down from its fight to #deport #noncitizen technology researchers who monitor safety risks on the biggest online platforms.

    In July, a judge blocked as #unconstitutional an #immigration policy that the US relied on to weigh whether to #detain and deport people who flag illegal or harmful online content as national #security risks. In his announcement of the policy, #SecretaryofState #MarcoRubio explained that by targeting a list of researchers—which he stood “ready and willing” to expand—the policy supposedly served to prevent foreign nationals from manipulating digital town squares and #censoring Americans.
    #Twitter #ice #socialmedia

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  3. The case would be one of the most significant dealing with #religion in #PublicSchools since an ideologically divided #SCOTUS ruled in 2022 that a former public high school football coach’s on-field prayers were protected under the #FirstAmendment’s right to #FreeSpeech.
    In the current case, the [ultra-conservative] US Court of Appeals for the #5thCircuit in New Orleans upheld the #Texas #law on a 9-8 vote, overturning a lower-court ruling that found the measure #unconstitutional.

    #Constitution

  4. Kila Posey, a Mary Lin Elementary School parent, requested a specific teacher for her daughter in July 2021, but she said principal SHARYN BRISCOE told her the class was not one of the two second-grade classes designated for Black students, and her contract for an after-school program she runs was not renewed after she complained about segregated classes,

    #BrownVBoardOfEducation #racism #racialSegregation #discrimination #unconstitutional #whiteSupremacy #PublicSchool

    rawstory.com/kila-posey-atlant