“Corporations are people, too” is an old legal principle now being embraced by social media companies like Meta and TikTok. They say they have First Amendment rights that protect their speech.
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Corporations are people, too. It’s an old legal principle that’s now being embraced by social media companies like Meta and TikTok. They say, just like people, corporations have First Amendment rights that protect their speech. As NPR’s Bobby Allyn reports, regulating the tech industry just got a bit harder.
BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Last week Republicans and Democrats in the Senate were celebrating. The chamber overwhelmingly passed the Kids