Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by jandrewrogers on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:22AM
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This is definitely not a crime in the US per the US Supreme Court. Several additional conditions not in evidence are required for speech of this type to fall outside of First Amendment protections.
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Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by MangoToupe on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:52AM
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373
> Several additional conditions not in evidence are required for speech of this type to fall outside of First Amendment protections.
Perhaps your point would be clearer if you indicated what specific conditions you believe are missing. Maybe the tweeter had no followers? Idk, I can only vaguely guess at what you're referring to.
Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by fao_ on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:09AM
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The Something Awful Forums got investigated by the FBI after one or two people posted threats about the current president.
So, uh, yes. It's definitely something that the federal authorities take a dim view on.
Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by brigandish on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:27PM
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You're mixing up "take a dim view" on and investigation, with charging and conviction.
Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by MangoToupe on Friday December 19, 2025 @11:03PM
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Inciting violence is certainly an arrestable offence, and likely convictable. What hill are you trying to die on?
Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla...
by brigandish on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:52AM
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The hill where take a dim view on and investigation are distinct from charging and conviction, because they are.
You would also have to contend with the problem where you've decided that it is incitement, as if conviction is a formality, even though:
- investigation
- charging
- court process
all come before conviction, which is convenient but not particularly bright or persuasive when they're mentioned in the comment you replied to.