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Corporations are just groups of people, do individuals lose the right of free speech when they assemble?

• kup0 7y ago
  If a company puts out an ad, is that the speech of the assembled individuals? Which individual is responsible for the speech? What if the individuals within a company disagree with one another? There has to be some kind of separation of "individuals" and "entity". To only see companies as simply "people" I think is short-sighted. A company is so much more than that. If companies are truly entitled, as an entity, to protection of speech, how do any marketing/advertising regulations stay valid, period?
  • fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
    Fraud is as illegal for individuals as it is for corporations. That isn't really a speech issue as it is a commerce and contract issue. Anything outside of fraud, libel/slander or calls to violence should be legal under the constitution. The more you look you will find the constitution is routinely ignored.