Benefits Of Content Restrictions

Content Based Restrictions forbid a message from being transmitted. For the government to constitutionally restrict speech with Content Based Restrictions, they must show that the regulation is necessary, achieves a compelling state of interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve that interest.

Content Neutral Restrictions restricts how a message is conveyed, rather than restricting the message as a whole. For the government to constitutionally restrict speech with Content Neutral Restrictions they show that the regulation is legitimate, content neutral interest in burdening the expression and means used to achieve this interest are no broader than necessary.

The Brandenburg Test is a test used to restrict speech based on its ability to incite