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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by devops99 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @11:04AM (#42389143)
> in such a way that he caused threats

In such a way that somebody else decided on their own do something...

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by stuaxo on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:19PM (#42390142)
I don't know about the US, but incitement to violence is a crime in other countries.
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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by samatman on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:41PM (#42391194)
It has fairly strict criteria which Mr. Jones emphatically did not meet. It's referred to as the Brandenburg test, or the "imminent lawless action" test, you can read more here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by devops99 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @04:46PM (#42393336)
Nothing he said could be construed as a call to violence by any sane and sober person. So it's moot anyway.
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