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In the US, you can get in a lot of trouble for publishing military secrets. (IE, you bet a movie that casually mentions a military secret would get into a lot o
by gwbas1c 4y ago
In the US, you can get in a lot of trouble for publishing military secrets. (IE, you bet a movie that casually mentions a military secret would get into a lot of hot water right away.)
Otherwise, the rest of censorship comes from social pressure; or someone with hurt feelings trying to twist the courts to enforce their will.
- astrange 4y agoPublishing military secrets is legal (eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_....). Journalists don't have a duty to keep classified information secret, only the people who've agreed to keep it secret do.
- trasz 4y agoObviously false, see Assange.
- astrange 4y agoAssange hasn't been convicted of anything yet. Seeing as he was part of a conspiracy to steal the classified information, probably will be though. The bit of the Espionage Act that conflicts with my previous post is unconstitutional.
- trasz 4y agoIt doesn’t matter if he hasn’t been formally convicted; he spent last decade de facto imprisoned, proving that US does in fact punish journalists that are a bit too nosy about US military.