Does ADL HateFilter® limit freedom of speech?
No. According to one of the nation s most prominent free speech experts, New York attorney Floyd Abrams, such voluntary filters do not violate anyone s First Amendment rights. On ABC’s “Nightline” program, Mr. Abrams stated: “I think the place where [a hater] can be blocked, if we choose to, is at our doorsteps via blocking devices We let people have their say.
