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On these reported facts, this looks like unconstitutional government-induced censorship. A court applying Vullo, Backpage, and Bantam Books would likely view th
by willmarch 1y ago
On these reported facts, this looks like unconstitutional government-induced censorship. A court applying Vullo, Backpage, and Bantam Books would likely view the official’s statements as coercive retaliation for protected speech.
- stretchwithme 1y agoYou mean like FCC fining people over Janet Jackson's boob? You have freedom of the press, when you own a press. But the spectrum is not owned by the licensees. There are rules. Limits. I am not for government owning the spectrum. But that's the current situation.
- willmarch 1y agoBroadcast indecency rules (like those for a wardrobe malfunction) are a narrow exception and don’t authorize the government to punish political viewpoints; even on publicly licensed spectrum, officials can’t wield licensing power as a cudgel against disfavored speech, because the 1st Amendment forbids it.
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