Practice question
What principally characterizes a content-based restriction on speech?
- It regulates only the brand of a loudspeaker.
- It always applies to every message in exactly the same way.
- It restricts expression because of its subject matter or message.
- It concerns only the color of a public building.
- It is any measure described by officials as neutral.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, section 4, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, February 15, 2008, content-based and content-neutral restraints discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_168338_2008.html
- Diocese of Bacolod v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 205728, January 21, 2015, content regulation discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_205728_2015.html
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