FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streaming services

Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by stale2002 on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:19PM (#25422703)

Thats basically the same thing. For example, if the government made newspapers illegal, that would technically be "limiting the audience", but it would still be unconstitutional.

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by zwm on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:30PM (#25422859)

I think the flaw is to compare old medium to today's technology. If it was, we wouldn't be having this conversation. What can we try then iterate?

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by stale2002 on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:30PM (#25424845)

> I think the flaw is to compare old medium to today's technology.

Courts apply laws to new technology all the time. And in this situation, it is very obvious that the courts would rule government restrictions on social media, that make it illegal for people to broadcast on social media, would be unconstitutional.

> What can we try then

Well we can't ban people from using social media, or for broadcasting to many people. That would very obviously be unconstitutional.

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