Facebook: ‘Like’ button is protected speech

Published August 8, 2012 2:34pm ET



NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Attorneys for Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking the “Like” button on the social networking site is constitutionally protected speech.

Friend of the court briefs were filed this week in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond.

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