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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:43PM (#25674382)
Incitement to violent insurrection seems like a pretty clear example of "too far." So is peddling provable lies to extremists which are easily linked to terrorist acts.

Ultimately you either think domestic terrorism is fine or you don't. I don't see a case for the media wilfully and knowingly misleading people and inciting violence.

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by linuxftw on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:58PM (#25674633)
If this was true, then prosecute for incitement to violent insurrection which is already a crime. We already have the means to police unlawful speech, censorship need not be one of them.
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by ModernMech on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:06PM (#25674758)
But the person inciting the insurrection is the President of the United States. He can't be prosecuted.
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by linuxftw on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:07PM (#25674776)
That's untrue. He can easily be impeached, removed, and then prosecuted.
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by ModernMech on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:22PM (#25688968)
"easily"

I guess we'll see. They couldn't get it done after he obstructed a federal investigation. They couldn't get it done after he extorted a bribe from Ukraine. Now he's incited an insurrection, so who knows if that's enough.

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