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This is not about free speech. It is perfectly acceptable for an organization to offer guidance and perhaps impose restrictions on how their own employees portr
by dcow 9y ago
This is not about free speech. It is perfectly acceptable for an organization to offer guidance and perhaps impose restrictions on how their own employees portray a topic publically in the name of PR and hopefully even compassion for their human audience. In other words the government can agree not to use certain words in public communications. This is very different from policing the general public when say talking about the CDC. That would be unconstitutional.
Do I agree with this personally? I dont know. It's probably better to offer a style guide for reasons other comments have already covered.
- djsumdog 9y agoYes, free speech does not apply to private companies. It does apply, somewhat different, to federal organizations. Same with copyright law (federal works cannot be copyright). This particular issue gets very murky with the CDC and official documentation designed to inform the public.