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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by hfdgvvff on Friday October 25, 2024 @04:25PM (#41949314)
Yeah, freedom of speech is a joke.
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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by dotancohen on Friday October 25, 2024 @05:38PM (#41950063)
The concept of freedom of speech does not imply a free platform to spread your speech.
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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by leereeves on Friday October 25, 2024 @06:19PM (#41950404)
I think the movie The Insider expressed it well: "The press is free, for anyone that owns one."

Apparently that comes from an older expression dating back at least to a 1960 quote in The New Yorker: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

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