Re:Google rejects EU's search abuse complaint
by DannyBee on Thursday August 27, 2015 @02:40PM
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"Government can regulate what content can and cannot be shown"
Depends on the government.
In the US, commercial speech (IE speech for the purposes of engaging in commerce or advertising) is a weird issue.
Content-based regulations of commercial speech have to satisfy intermediate scrutiny (instead of strict scrutiny that noncommercial speech would have to satisfy).
Intermediate scrutiny is an odd test, but suffice to say, the government is not going to win in a lot of cases.
Essentially, at least in the US, the government's authority to restrict commercial speech has significant limits, particularly when it comes to content-based regulations.
Depends on the government. In the US, commercial speech (IE speech for the purposes of engaging in commerce or advertising) is a weird issue. Content-based regulations of commercial speech have to satisfy intermediate scrutiny (instead of strict scrutiny that noncommercial speech would have to satisfy).
Intermediate scrutiny is an odd test, but suffice to say, the government is not going to win in a lot of cases.
Essentially, at least in the US, the government's authority to restrict commercial speech has significant limits, particularly when it comes to content-based regulations.