US Court Victory Against Online Censorship - A judge in Louisiana has barred the F.B.I. and other government agencies from asking social media companies to suppress free speech.

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Exceptions could only be made when dealing with crime, national security threats or foreign or domestic attempts to influence elections, however.

Aka permission to suppress anything they want if they can somehow link it to elections

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/u/YoMamma I told you that this shit was real and really illegal

[–]YoMamma 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Think, nigga: the NSA (not the FBI, ffs) glowies listen; they don't want to interrupt your incredibly ingenious plans

Also, read about this shitstain of a Trump-appointed far right hack of a "judge": https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/trump-judge-terry-doughty-hands-right-wingers-victory-social-media

So much for free speech, and for democracy

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democracy dies in the darkness(tm)

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

🤦🏽

[–]SoCo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This ruling seems oddly split. It likely has to do with technical things, we must remember this is just the very preliminary injunction, but....It bans free speech suppression by many government agencies, but then allows the following, with a backdoor to election manipulation seeming to be open for grabs.

Not banned from violating free speech and manipulating the public:

  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • U. S. Department of Treasury
  • U.S. Election Assistance Commission
  • U. S. Department of Commerce
  • Disinformation Governance Board

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Kinda weak, but I guess it's a start.

[–]SoCo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(Clean) Direct link to the ruling:

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/injunction-in-missouri-et-al-v/7ba314723d052bc4/full.pdf

The author's link is Chrome-specific and directs your browser to open the PDF in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome Extension.

[–]UncleMat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

win!