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Re:Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Is... by Animats on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:39PM (#37847665)
> Very few countries have freedom of speech enshrined quite as forcefully as it is in the United States.

The US now seems to have a censorship regime, but it's privatized. "Harvard student groups issued an anti-Israel statement. CEOs want them blacklisted."[1]

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/business/harvard-israel-hamas...

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Re:Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Is... by nebula8804 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:02PM (#37848013)
Don't forget all the "anti- Israel Boycott" laws on the books in many states.

[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws

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Re:Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Is... by ejb999 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @06:11AM (#37855303)
yes harvard students can say what they want, and CEO's asking to blacklist ALSO have freedom of speech - freedom of speech is not the same as freedom from consequences.
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