Posted on 09/05/2024 4:07:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The unintended consequences would include mass flight of social media platforms and their money to friendlier countries. If the left can deplatform Musk, the right might use the same powers to deplatform as well. (Even if they don’t at present, possibility would give start-ups and some established players the heebie-jeebies.
Despots are desperate to deplatform dissent.
Well, we can all see that the First Amendment did not stop the government of Brazil from shutting down media that they didn’t like — so I see no reason why the First Amendment could possibly hamstring the US government in this matter.
Hate speech, satire, parody, commercial speech and even lies are absolutely protected speech. Many USSC rulings on this. The only “speech” that could possibly be prohibited are crimes (like images that are illegal which is why I put speech in quotes) and maybe incitement to crimes - but incitement too has a very narrow interpretation as defined by USSC. It has to a specific call to commit a crime not some vague statement that might possibly cause someone to commit a crime. And whether it can be prohibited is another question. Incitement is something you can be arrested and tried for, but hard to see how it can be prohibited.
Just one more reason why we need to protect the makeup of the Supreme Court. If it falls into the wrong hands we could get a rogue court like this one man in Brazil rules over. He got Lula out of prison and now wants to insulate him from critics and lock up his opponents.
Why should any business go to Brazil ?
And I doubt that this judge is giving Harris a path. More likely the US Government pushed this judge to take extreme measures.
And how long will this judge live?
Things are pretty rugged in Brazil.
There is in the former Constitution...
"Free" speech is "Free" speech...
"Hate" and "Disinformation" are not excluded!
I heard it’s possible he could be impeached if the voters put the right party in charge in the next election but I am not familiar with Brazil’s process.
The guarantees of the First Amendment are the foundation of liberty. When the federal goverment targets those rights, it becomes the adversary of liberty and the people. It is breaking the covenant between the government and the governed.
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
The braindead, single cat lady and other libs won’t mind if anyone’s speech is cut off ... as long as they continue to get their Free Stuff.
Truly disgusting, but, true.
They need to take a good look at what’s happening to pensioners, in the UK, for a hint about how long they’ll continue to receive their Free S#!t, once the commie’s are fully installed.
Customers? They have the 8th largest economy in the world.
Yep
Video Kamala: I will direct the DOJ to censor “misinformation and hate” online
https://rumble.com/v5drfkj-kamala-i-will-direct-the-doj-to-censor-misinformation-and-hate-online.html
Though in the grand scheme of things it might not mean much since it gets ignored on the regular, but there is one major difference between the United States and Brazil:
The United States has the First Amendment. Brazil does not.
Harris, Walz, and the dems in general can go pound sand. Brazil can go pound sand, too, as far as I’m concerned.
And who determines what is disinformation or not? Much of what has been called disinformation in the past few years has in reality been true, or possibly true.
The noose of the one world government is tightening.
What happens when X goes offshore?
Ask Roger Goodell, as we all know how much the NFL stands up for what’s right.
Trump would have put a stop to this entire fiasco in short order. He would told Brazil that they would get nothing from the US until the nonsense stopped. And it would have stopped.
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