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“But the one thing I know about the internet is that its variety is infinite,” Sotomayor continues. “So at what point at a challenge like this one does the law become so generalized, so broad, so unspecific really that you bear the burden of coming in and telling us exactly what the sweep is?”
Florida solicitor general Henry Whitaker disagrees that the law is overbroad, saying it only regulates websites that “host user-generated content.” Sotomayor disagrees — bringing up sites like Etsy that are far smaller than the Facebooks and YouTubes of the world, and focus specifically on particular kinds of content. “They’re going to have to censor” to maintain those limits, Sotomayor says. Why shouldn’t they be able to do that?
