[jazminerose]

First Amendment gives the highest protection to political speech. Much less protection to commercial speech and no protection to speech that is in furtherance of a fraud.

Releasing someone’s SSN has no legitimate purpose which could be served. The only intent that can reasonably be inferred is the intent to defraud. Thus, no protection.

Not all speech is protected speech. You can’t yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater either.

[RummyChick]

I don’t get the people here who think you can publicize SSN under the First Amendment. Here is an example at one point in time of laws in the following states as per a consumer site. It’s from 2008. NY had passed their own laws since then that limit it , too.

States that restrict intentionally communicating SSNs to the public and/or intentional public posting and display:

Alaska
Missouri
Arizona
New Jersey (11)
Arkansas
New Mexico
California
New York
Colorado
North Carolina
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Rhode Island
Hawaii
South Carolina
Illinois
Texas
Michigan
Vermont
Minnesota
Virginia

[SSS Two]

Not all speech is protected speech. You can’t yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater either.

My experience is that people who use this phrase oppose Free Speech.

You might need to review Bartnicki v. Vopper yourself.