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> The "No shouting FIRE! in a crowded theater" laws still apply I wouldn’t be so sure about that…
by singleshot_ 4y ago
> The "No shouting FIRE! in a crowded theater" laws still apply
I wouldn’t be so sure about that…
- rektide 4y agoSchenck case (1969), overturning the incredibly domineering WW1 atmosphere of government controlled speech: > "the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater#The_Schenck_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the... Utterly unsurprised to find it was WW1 time-period constraint, as I'm reading the utterly fabulous American Midnight about how the USG built a huge surveillance network & vigilante groups to destroy labor, human-rights, socialistic causes, and anyone not signing up for an incredibly propogandized Big Business lead war. So... Is TikTok creating incitement of illegal acts? What other clear standards might apply to curb citizens use of this medium? Keeps smellingike horseshit to me.