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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by braiamp on Saturday August 31, 2024 @09:58PM (#41413597)
> The US constitution categorically upholds the value of Free Speech whereas the European Court of Human Rights Article 10 explicitly lists the reasons that free expression can be constrained.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2013.85...

It normally boils down to a <we allow this, except when this>, vs <we allow everything without restrictions>.

There's also wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_10_of_the_European_Con...

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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by lxgr on Sunday September 01, 2024 @12:48AM (#41414379)
Maybe aspirationally, but practically, even the First Amendment has limits:

Shouting "fire" in a crowded theater; prior restraint, as is the case for e.g. restricted data under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; copyright...

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