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I'd argue that the US doesn't have enough of a reputation for disappearing people or putting their business under a heat lamp if they don't willfully comply wit
by judge2020 3y ago
I'd argue that the US doesn't have enough of a reputation for disappearing people or putting their business under a heat lamp if they don't willfully comply with police requests that are overbearing. Apple, Google, etc get away with denying a lot of data requests[0]. And despite being put on the stand for 2016 election interference, Jack, Elon, and Mark are doing just fine.
0: https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html
- mrangle 3y agoReputation isn't an argument. It would be false in its assumption even if it were. The case law is established. There isn't a single case of someone's speech being censored, due to government request, for which the person being censored does not have a Constitutionally airtight First Amendment violation complaint.
- TechBro8615 3y agoIs that why President Biden called for a federal investigation [0] into Musk's companies shortly after he bought Twitter and told the government censors to "pound sand?" Keep in mind this was in response to a question from a Bloomberg "journalist" which basically laid out the premise that Musk might be a national security threat. Biden has been known to show up to press conferences with a "cheat sheet" listing which journalists to call for questions, and the verbatim text of the question that each will ask. [1] [0] https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/biden-calls-for-federal-investigation-of-elon-musk-over-relationships-with-other-countries/ https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/biden-calls-for-federal-invest... [1] https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-04-27-0330/politics-biden-cheat-sheet-reveals-los-angeles-times-journo-submitted-question https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-04-27-0330/politics-biden...