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Forgive an ignorant not-a-lawyer question, but if the US government owns 50% of something, does that increase it's 1st amendment rights to be considered a free
by ggm 2y ago
Forgive an ignorant not-a-lawyer question, but if the US government owns 50% of something, does that increase it's 1st amendment rights to be considered a free speech channel? Because right now, it [isn't] Elon's playground and subject to contract and his whims. For the americans amongst us (I am not one) this might mean that some things said and done on tiktok [previously I said X] would be protected in law. Including ugly things.
[Edit: As has been quite rightly pointed out: It's not Elon's toy. Yet.]
- cwillu 2y ago> Because right now, its Elon's playground and subject to contract and his whims. Tiktok is not twitter.
- ggm 2y agoThank you. My question has been edited, because the point at play about 50% government equity remains.
- mojomark 2y agoAlso not a lawyer, but TikTok is a prominent mode of media, nonetheless. We are slowly turning into China and Russia, with fully governed state controlled media which is the opposite of free speech. As a US taxpayer, I'm appalled that by money would be spent on a volatile stock, enriching a company (ByteDance) intertwined-by-necessity with a government that wants to forcably overthrow democracies. Awesome decision making. As a US gov't contractor, I guess I don't have to worry about organizational conflicts of interest or "buy american" clauses anymore.