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> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the pr
by SllX 2y ago
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Show me in the text where Congress has the power to make that distinction.
I think there’s a good free trade argument to block a service from a country that blocks all other similar services from our country and the world generally, but I don’t see an a speech argument for doing so.
If there’s a speech argument to be made, I think Facebook, YouTube, Twitter et al. should have blocked accounts from the PRC to prevent CCP officials from using it to spread their own propaganda in the West whilst not being able to freely and legally operate and do business in the PRC’s jurisdiction, but I don’t think Congress actually has the power to compel them to stop being gutless on this issue.