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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by ticktocktack on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:28AM (#20612607)
It is my understanding that, currently, the following speech is of "type B, disallowed" in the US:

* Shouting fire in a crowded theatre

* False advertisement

* Medical or legal advice (allowed, heavily regulated by the Government)

* Advocacy of force or criminal activity

And I assume, many others that I do not know of.

Unless you are arguing that there is no such thing as free speech in the US, then it must be that you can have "free speech" while still having some limitations.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by drenvuk on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:50AM (#20612703)
The shouting fire in a crowded theater example for precedent was overturned. Stop using it.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by ticktocktack2 on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:51AM (#20613315)
I did not know. Still, the other cases apply.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by mcv on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:49AM (#20613307)
Some other ones:

* threats of violence

* blackmail

These may be entirely verbal, and yet are considered serious crimes.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by Biganon on Monday August 05, 2019 @09:12AM (#20613875)
There is a cardinal difference in the US between speech related to public interest, such as anything that has to do with politics, religion, military actions, and speech that's only about private matters, such as whether or not your neighbor has a perverted sexuality. The second category is not nearly as protected as people usually think it is.
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