June 2022

Second Circuit Holds that Facebook Is Not a State Actor Based on Content Removal

By Alexa Millinger and Daniela Mays-Sanchez

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter June 2022

The Second Circuit affirmed that Facebook did not violate plaintiff’s Constitutional rights to free speech and due process by allegedly deleting and blocking his Facebook posts.

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