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In the US that would require a constitutional amendment to alter the First Amendment. The chances of that happening are infinitesimally small compared to compa
by slg 7y ago
In the US that would require a constitutional amendment to alter the First Amendment. The chances of that happening are infinitesimally small compared to companies being shamed into doing that "right thing" through public pressure.
- rickycook 7y agoi don’t think it would tbh... the US already places limitations on free speech: you’re not allowed to advertise using false information, the “fire in a crowded place” type thing you might SAY that it’s a slippery slope but i’d argue that it’s likely (not that i know for certain) that there would have been just as much angst about these limits that are not only seen as common sense these days, but necessary
- gjm11 7y agoUntil quite recently the FCC had a "fairness doctrine" requiring broadcasters to treat politics evenhandedly. That seems far harder to reconcile with the First Amendment than a "no faked propaganda videos" rule. The Supreme Court explicitly said it was OK. The US has truth-in-advertising laws, which forbid advertisers to make certain kinds of deceptive claims. I'm not sure whether the Supreme Court has explicitly considered whether they're constitutional, but it's certainly heard plenty of cases related to those laws and never taken the opportunity to say "oh, and by the way, laws against false advertising are unconstitutional". If there's some reason why a law forbidding the use of faked/manipulated videos for political propaganda would be more inconsistent with the First Amendment than those, I'm not seeing it at all.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoThe FCC rules were conditions of broadcast licences, and fairness in advertising laws relate to the prohibition of committing fraud. Neither of those are particularly relevant to concerns around free speech. Political propaganda on the other hand is entirely protected by the first amendment. The term propaganda covers nearly all forms of political speech.
- mgoetzke 7y agoI can already not post videos of movies I watched on my home TV though. Hollywood is all over that already. Absolute Freedom of speech does not exist anyway. And this is not 'speech' this is not someone talking about a politician it is someone manipulating something he/she stole and misrepresents.
- raxxorrax 7y agoI would like to see it anyway.