Conservative Group Seeks D.C. Circuit Rehearing Of Social Media Bias Suit

Mealey's (July 9, 2020, 1:54 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Noting the ubiquity of social media and the ease with which “anyone can simply take out their phones and engage in constitutionally protected debate and discourse,” a conservative political action group on July 6 urged the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear en banc its appeal of the dismissal of its discrimination, monopolization and free speech claims against the leading social media platform operators, arguing that a panel erred in finding that the internet did not qualify as a place of public accommodation under a human rights law (Freedom Watch Inc., et al. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 19-7030, D.C. Cir.)....