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by thefucnjosh 1984 days ago
Sedition, terrorism, and advocating the overthrow of the government ARE NOT PROTECTED SPEECH
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throwawaysea 1984 days ago
In the US, they are actually protected speech unless relating to an imminent threat. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_libel#Seditious_spee...
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ytpete 1980 days ago
Just to clarify (belatedly), my point was that whether or not it's protected speech doesn't matter when we're discussing Twitter - because Twitter isn't beholden to the 1st Amendment. They are free to block speech even if it is "protected."
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