A POLITICO piece about a high-stakes child-safety trial brought by red and blue states against Meta cites Ashkhen Kazaryan, who argues the judge’s decision could have far-reaching consequences for online speech.
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“…Ashkhen Kazaryan, a senior legal fellow at the Future of Free Speech think tank at Vanderbilt University, cautioned against what she called a ‘product meeting in the courtroom.’
‘Giving courts and juries’ power to design and shape the form of communication online feels very problematic to me,’ Kazaryan said. She argued that it would further ‘balkanize’ the internet and force companies to choose between navigating a complex international legal minefield or deactivating certain features for all users, just because of one decision from a judge in Oakland.'”
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Ashkhen Kazaryan is a Senior Legal Fellow at The Future of Free Speech, where she leads initiatives to protect free expression and shape policies that uphold the First Amendment in the digital age.