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The concepts and values of free speech and open discourse are more than the legal requirements of the First Amendment. Coordinated private censorship by oligopo
by anonunivgrad 6y ago
The concepts and values of free speech and open discourse are more than the legal requirements of the First Amendment. Coordinated private censorship by oligopolistic platforms that have largely replaced the public square is contrary to the value of freedom of speech.
- ogre_codes 6y agoEven the first amendment doesn't protect incitement. You can't yell "Fire" in a crowded theater.
- anonunivgrad 6y agoPolitical opinions are not incitement.
- ryeights 6y agoActually, you can. Schenck v. US was overturned 52 years ago. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time-to-stop-using-the-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-quote/264449/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-tim...