[DannyBee]

The limits of this kind of commercial speech are very well settled.

Misleading commercial speech has no first amendment protection.

Tesla is just trying to generate news

[rufius]

Agreed.

First amendment protections should only apply to individuals anyway. Tesla doesn’t have a sane argument here since Tesla is not a person.

(I recognize there’s a whole bag of worms around corporations and attempts to treat them like individuals in the eyes of the law.)

[burnerburnson]

That logic doesn't pass muster. Imagine if a state passed a similar law and then started piling fines on newspapers for misleading reporting.

Clearly, the mere fact that the newspaper is a corporation doesn't dissolve its speech rights (nor should it).

[Tangurena2]

The US Supreme Court says that corporations are people, and therefore every civil right that applies to humans applies to corporations. I suppose that will make things easier for aliens (if they ever move to Earth) to have the same civil/legal rights as humans. I guess replicants will all need to incorporate in order to avoid being slaves (to avoid a Bladerunner future).

[lupusreal]

The supreme court said that people don't lose their first amendment rights just because they form a political advocacy group.

[hedora]

They also literally said “corporations are people”.

[lupusreal]

Corporations are groups of people. And citizens united was a political advocacy group.

[jcranmer]

That's patently false. The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, for example, doesn't apply to corporations.

[dsaavy]

Like with the Pepsi jet commercial?