States Tell SCOTUS That Social Media Censors Conservatives
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:24.4 | election inspector for the Michigan primaries. |
| 0:27.1 | This podcast was recorded at 1.10 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 27th of 2024. |
| 0:35.0 | Things may have changed, but make sure your voice is heard in the voting booth this primary |
| 0:39.3 | season. |
| 0:40.3 | Here's the show. |
| 0:41.3 | Certainly. Here's the show. Certainly on trend. |
| 0:45.0 | I'd like to say that democracy and action. |
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| 0:50.0 | I'm Us mahalo. |
| 0:51.0 | I cover the White House. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department. |
| 0:54.3 | And the United States Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday from two states that argue |
| 0:59.1 | social media companies are censoring conservative viewpoints. |
| 1:03.0 | Today on the show, we'll dive into the biggest test of free speech this country has seen in decades. |
| 1:09.0 | And to help us do that, we are joined by NPR's tech correspondent Bobby Allen. |
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