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> First Amendment issue. In the United States I can write, or say, any number I choose to. That is complete and utter nonsense. A child pornography video is ju
by jVinc 5y ago
> First Amendment issue. In the United States I can write, or say, any number I choose to.
That is complete and utter nonsense. A child pornography video is just a blob of text, essentially a big number. And you certainly can be prosecuted both for distribution and for storing child pornography. just because you have the imagination to boil everything down through bits to a number does not mean the First amendment becomes a shield for anything. A tweet stating you want to assassinate the president is equally "just a number" and also not protected by the first Amendment.
- syrrim 5y agoPorn is covered under an exception. A tweet saying you merely want to assassinate the president is fine, what's illegal is inciting others to commit crimes.