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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by sethammons on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:13PM (#42761900)
Another free speech interpretation: the right to assemble. I cannot assemble with the group of people I once was with TikTok gone
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by Aloisius on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:25PM (#42762031)
There's no government restrictions preventing you from assembling elsewhere.

Your interpretation would make shutting down any place where people assembled unconstitutional which was clearly never the intent.

Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by curt15 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:32PM (#42762095)
Of course you can. Nothing stops the same group of people from congregating on Discord, Rumble, or even in real life.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by afiori on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:13PM (#42763918)
This is like saying that closing all churches of a religion is not a big deal as the people can perfectly pray by themselves. (Also since they can pray in their head why not making that religion's prayers illegal to speak aloud)
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by josephcsible on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:32PM (#42764393)
No, it's like saying it's not a big deal to close one particular church building with eminent domain to build a railway station there.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by josephcsible on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:45PM (#42762224)
If you used to assemble at a public park, and the city closes the park entirely to turn it into something else, does that violate your right to assemble too?
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by DangitBobby on Sunday January 19, 2025 @06:54PM (#42763414)
If the specific intent was to make it difficult to assemble, then yes.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by lupusreal on Monday January 20, 2025 @06:10AM (#42767437)
The law hasn't made it difficult to use alternatives to tiktok, which are free and numerous.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by sethammons on Sunday January 19, 2025 @06:23PM (#42763200)
depends. Was it the de facto town square?
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by pixl97 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @06:36PM (#42763282)
Even if it was the town square, if the property went from public to private ownership property ownership laws trump your free speech laws. You cannot come on to my properly and say whatever you want, more so you can't say it's not trespassing because of freedom of speech.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by afiori on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:10PM (#42763909)
If the city sold the public property with the specific intent of having a private entity stop protected speech they were powerless to stop then yes, it would be a free speech issue