Scholars warn of challenges tech poses for free speech and democracy
Legal scholars contend that when the Supreme Court ruled to protect the religious from compelled speech, their rulings may have unwelcome consequences. The scholars write, “The range of ‘speakers’ protected by this expansive jurisprudence will include information technology companies that generate algorithms and artificial intelligence – speech producers with no conscience at all, much less the kind of sincere religious conviction that the Roberts Court has seen fit to protect against government regulation. As we