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by pessimizer 1571 days ago
What are the odds the same law will spring up in the US, but be good when we do it?
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Probably in the EU, but that stuff gets squirreled in through private institutions here. Information clearing-houses like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. will take it upon themselves after encouragement from the media and the government.
Not sure why, but I feel like there’s some difference between being blocked by these media outlets and being sent to prison for 15 years and/or experiencing a kafkaesque process where your whole life is in shambles.
Almost certain that I read somewhere that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.
The constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees freedom of speech and prohibits censorship. I seem to recall the Soviet Union had a pretty spiffy constitution, too. The United States certainly did, during the Palmer Raids, during McCarthyism.

Constitutions alone do nothing. If we're not on guard, collectively, we could easily end up without freedom of speech and press in practice.