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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by pjc50 on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:02AM (#33654808)
Aren't influence operations free speech?

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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by howmayiannoyyou on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:15AM (#33654992)
Yes. So is yelling 'fire' in a crowded theatre. Nothing is without limits, and with out limits we are nothing.
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by tbihl on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:35AM (#33655285)
>So is yelling 'fire' in a crowded theatre.

A course of action so blatantly legal that a Supreme Court Justice used it as an example for what is clearly allowed, dislikeable though it may be.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_t...

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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by zip1234 on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:30PM (#33658239)
There is no right for foreign governments to have free speech in the US. If they are outside of the US they do not get US rights.
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