Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by V__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:31PM
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> The US definition is pretty narrow and immediate.
Except for exceptions, such like making some kind of threat against the president.
> will gladly jail people for saying things the government doesn't like but otherwise harmless or victim less.
Can you show me such examples for lets say Germany?
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by sebzim4500 on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:42PM
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I'm not the guy you replied to but this springs to mind.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/angela-merkel-...
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by hef19898 on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:47PM
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Charges were dropped and the law was changed. The case was handled really bad so by Merkel.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by V__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:59PM
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Also, the law was kind of an old remnant, so most legal scholars were sure the law would have been declared unconstitutional if challenged.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by matkoniecz on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:02PM
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What about National Security Letters?
I'd say its more than a little different. The US definition is pretty narrow and immediate. You can't get on a megaphone and tell a crowd to go kill some guy right now.
>Except for nearly all the other countries in Europe, Canada etc.
It's all down to opinion of course but those nations do not have sensible freedom of speech. They pay lip service to the idea but will gladly jail people for saying things the government doesn't like but otherwise harmless or victim less.