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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by cat199 on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:17PM (#23226271)
No barrister or legal historian here,

but fairly certain that a monopoly on permissible communication/speech was and is still held (in title at least) by the Crown

this is pretty much precisely what the 1nd amendment is about and why it was so radical at the time.

Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by CobrastanJorji on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:26PM (#23226414)
Also due to the Stamp Act.