i spoke with courtney radish, david kirkpatrick, and a law professor. was -- iis, hadar asked if there were any legal issues for social media companies policing user posts. is the firstpoint amendment which guarantees free speech as a fundamental right. over the years where it has been litigation, mostly focused on video for children and the like and not so much on what happens in a real news. the freedom of speech is kurt held mostly on sex -- curtailed mostly on sex but there's a lot less litigation on a violence and in recent weeks, web and flooded with images from around the world. does the last series of images and we have seen from gaza and the ukraine and all of these raise issues that have not been extensively litigated. >> not necessarily illegal or legal? is that what you are saying? >> as far as first amendment issues or being charged with a criminal offense, that is what would be going on and properly covered. there may be tort law. afflicted or people close to related to people seen dad or mutilated or ravaged on civilht have a legal claim

also with us is courtney radish.urrentformerly the test the program manager for the person campaign and is led advocacy missions in libya, and dozens of other countries. -- also with is a david kirkpatrick. thank you all so much for joining us. are there any legal issues here? like there are with child pornography. the legal point of departure is the first amendment which guarantees free speech is a fundamental right. years were there has been litigation about this, it has mostly focused on fake things like violent videos for and the like and not so much on what happens in real news. the freedom of speech has curtailed mostly in issues of obscene materials. there is a lot less litigation surprisingly on violence and in recent weeks, we have been flooded with violent images rmb all over the world, this being the last series of images we see from gaza and the ukraine and all of these things raise issues that have not been extensively litigated yet in the context of social media. >> so it's not necessarily illegal or le