Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by matthewmacleod on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:35AM (#17539429)

1. No they haven’t

2. There are limitations of free speech in every country, including the US. It’s a matter of where the line is drawn.

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by AmericanChopper on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:45AM (#17539466)

1. Yes they have.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715727/Police-threa...

https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/201...

2. The restrictions on speech in the US mostly relate to other crimes, like inciting violence. You can’t be arrested in the US for saying something that’s too offensive (like they do in the UK every day).

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by icebraining on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:07AM (#17539775)

Section 127 prohibits "sending by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter". It's unspecified in that article how many were arrested specifically for offensive messages (as opposed, say, to menacing ones).

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by AmericanChopper on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:16AM (#17539800)

Menacing like... mocking the police? Threatening behaviour is already a crime in the UK. Section 127 ONLY serves to criminalize any behaviour deemed offensive by the state.

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by dragonwriter on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:58AM (#17540922)

> You can’t be arrested in the US for saying something that’s too offensive

You clearly are unfamiliar with the entire domain of obscenity law not in the US, which is exactly about defining what is so offensive as to be outside the scope of First Amendment protection.

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