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Kavanaugh: “When I think of Orwellian, I think of the state.”
Several justices (both liberal and conservative) have seemed sympathetic to the idea that private companies can engage in harmful censorship, with Alito referring to the possibility as “Orwellian.” But Kavanaugh keeps pushing back on the premise. “We don’t want the state interfering” with these private entities, he says, even if they’re powerful.
Prelogar gently disagrees, saying social networks can seriously affect speech rights. “We are not suggesting that governments are powerless to respond” to concerns about platform censorship, she says — just not through laws like Florida’s.
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