State House committee advances two bills giving state more power over speech
Rep. David Byrd (R-Waynesboro) is sponsoring a bill to prohibit “factually false” reviews on sites like Yelp. (Screenshot from General Assembly website)
“I might say this sounds like a five star bill to me,” state Rep. Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) said of a bill that seeks to ban “factually false” reviews on sites like Yelp.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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