Re:Free speech cannot be sacrificed to strike fake news
by InitialLastName on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:59PM
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I mean, we already know that the first amendment doesn't (and should not) apply to some forms of speech; slander, libel and incitement to violence are all things that we (as a society) have decided are forms of speech that should be regulated.
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Re:Free speech cannot be sacrificed to strike fake news
by friendlydude12 on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:15PM
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The first amendment isn’t intended for physical speech. It exists to protect opinions and ideas. It’s for this reason lots of non-verbal “speech” is protected under the first amendment, like online posts and flag burning.
Threatening violence or slander has nothing to do with the first amendment.