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5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The judges wrote that the FBI’s activities were “not limited to purely foreign threats," citing instances where the law enforcement agency “targeted” posts that originated inside the United States, including some that stated incorrect poll hours or mail-in voting procedures.

What does foreign threats have to do with this. The FBI deals with domestic terrorists. Does this not fall within the FBI's jurisdiction as well?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A foreign actor's speach isn't constitutionally protected; that's the relevance.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Free speech does not include subversion of the constitutional right to vote or seditious speech. The judges are clearly partisans. I'll wager they are Republican appointees.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow its good this article isn't talking about speech like that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Lying about voting locations and dates aren't subverting the constitution? Really? So we only have the constitutional right to vote if we can figure out the real times and locations on our own, and giving false information that causes people to be unable to Vote is all just lulz?