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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by dogleash on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:40AM (#36616623)
> Secondly, the US constitution says "shall make no law". What law was made here? What legal action was taken? There wasn't even a threat of legal action.

There is legal precedent regarding chilling effects and government action. If you're not American you can't be expected to know that level of detail. If you are American, your highschool civics teacher was terrible.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by engineer_22 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:44AM (#36616720)
-> There is legal precedent regarding chilling effects and government action.

Please provide citation, I'd like to know more

-> If you're not American you can't be expected to know that level of detail. If you are American, your highschool civics teacher was terrible.

Please be kind, or avoid discussing politics. There are other opinions than our own, and though we may disagree we need to respect each other, I hope all civics teachers would agree on that.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by stale2002 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:16PM (#36619381)
It is a pretty well covered topic.

You can get an overview here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect#:~:text=A%20....

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