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by IgorPartola 1613 days ago
How to misunderstand the situation 101: bring the first amendment into the discussion when that’s not what the discussion is about.

Let me break this down for you: you host a weekly poker night. My buddies and I come and during these nights plan a crime. We than carry out a crime and get arrested. The investigators come to you and ask “what did those guys talk about at your poker nights?” You say “poker stuff”. They subpoena you to get a better answer. Where in all of this did the first amendment come into play?
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MiroF 1613 days ago
> They subpoena you to get a better answer

Sure except the subpoena in question was not actually about records of conversations that the rioters had, it was about efforts FB did/didn't take to discount election misinformation.

Election misinformation is covered by free speech.

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IgorPartola 1613 days ago
> Election misinformation is covered by free speech.

In the same way as yelling “fire” in a theater.

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SV_BubbleTime 1613 days ago
So? Illegal the legal according to then overruled by SCOTUS, and widely misunderstood when it’s used as a reference?
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MiroF 1613 days ago
> In the same way as yelling “fire” in a theater.

Not at all? There's a clear moral (and certainly legal) dividing line between the two.

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