Friday, Apr. 29, 2022  |  4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

This class will be hosted on ZOOM

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Join a live question and answer session with an experienced civil rights and constitutional law attorney. The First Amendment protects free speech, but there are important limits to this right: defamatory statements, statements that invade another’s privacy, hate speech, and other types of speech, generally are not protected. This live question and answer session addresses questions related to freedom of speech under the First Amendment and the California Constitution, hate speech and constitutional protections, and types of speech that are not protected by the Freedom of Speech.

Ask your questions about:

• What is freedom of speech, and what does it protect?
• What is hate speech? When is it illegal? Who gets to decide?
• What happens when one person’s “free speech” offends or hurts someone else?
• When does the First Amendment protect your speech from censorship or punishment?
• What can we do about hate speech on social media?
• What extent can or should the government get involved in regulating speech?
• Should there be a global standard and global enforcement of hate speech restrictions?

Although you can listen to the class from various kinds of devices, you will need video to view the speaker(s) and any presentation materials, and will need to connect through Zoom to be able to participate in the written Q&A or chat features.

Presented by: Christian Contreras, Attorney, The Christian Contreras Firm, PLC  

Registration fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: 

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.