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Re:US Customs wants to collect social media account names at... by chimeracoder on Monday June 27, 2016 @01:47PM (#11987907)
> There is already precedent for criminalizing dissent -- Turkey, for example,

No need to reach so far. New York just made it illegal to advocate boycotting Israel[0].

[0] http://www.salon.com/2016/06/05/ny_gov_cuomo_signing_unconst...

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Re:US Customs wants to collect social media account names at... by vageli on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:31PM (#11988792)
From the article you cited, it appears that the law in question prohibits investment by the State of New York, not by individuals:

> WHEREAS, the State of New York will not permit its own investment activity to further the BDS campaign in any way, shape or form, whether directly or indirectly;

Is there more to it than what the article mentions?

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