Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes
by michael_j_ward on Saturday February 05, 2022 @03:42PM
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The White House publicly called for the suppression of 1A protected speech, and the company obliged.
That the company can draw from other potential motivations to justify that action is irrelevant to 1A.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes
by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:36PM
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>The White House publicly called for the suppression of 1A protected speech
No, they didn't. This is false.
>That the company can draw from other potential motivations to justify that action is irrelevant to 1A.
That you don't personally believe the actual reason they did this to be relevant is itself irrelevant.
Rather, you believe the action was because the white house said generally that they could do more. Like, that vague statement which didn't even mention episode removal, forced Spotify to do this, not the money.
That hypothesis seems unlikely.