Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced

Re:Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Inte... by AdeptusAquinas on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:44PM (#20669692)

Seems like the worst case scenario would be that some sites would be able to remove or prevent everything the administration doesn't agree with, and yet not be targeted by your FCC, while other sites would have to accept every contradictory or unbalanced post countering their content or be sued.

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Re:Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Inte... by MrSlovenia on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:48PM (#20669716)

In that case the people could just file a joint lawsuit because their (non-governement) views have been censored.

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Re:Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Inte... by thebooktocome on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:50PM (#20669731)

When literally a quarter of federal judges have been appointed by this administration, do you seriously think that lawsuit is going to get a fair hearing?

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Re:Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Inte... by MrSlovenia on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:55PM (#20669753)

If that will be the case then it's: a) a bad law b) institutions are corrupt: which means that no matter who is leading the goverment free speech will always be policed. And if the institutions really are that corrupt...well...then we're f* anyway

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Re:Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Inte... by daybreak on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:04PM (#20669799)

This statement implies 75% of federal judges haven't, so the odds are good.

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