You would be causing Mass Panic if you ever made such an unsubstantial claim that the government has ever Really made a mistake, not like those radical druggies in the 70's that accidentally tested psychological warfare by accident on random people, that was a mistake and we've fixed the mistake.
You wouldn't want to be convicted of causing Mass Panic like the Insurrectionists, would you?
Critics warn of privacy risks and the chilling of free speech.
How amusingly hypocritical.
EDIT: Oh man the statement from Meta is absurd.
Meta argued the subpoena violated its First Amendment rights by “prob[ing] and penaliz[ing]” its ability to perform editorial control over content posted on its platforms, while also violating its users’ First Amendment rights on the basis that it would dissuade them from participating in future discussions on controversial topics.
Agreed, but doesn't the Communications Decency Act render the government's lawsuit moot anyway?
Regardless of any promise Facebook may have given to "crack down on vaccine misinformation" (which is a statement so broad and vague that it can't possibly be construed to be a promise or contract that would be subject to consumer protection laws), they are given pretty much complete immunity from liability for the content on their site.
That's bright letter law, that I don't necessarily agree with, but it's been tested in court numerous times. They have no obligation to censor even illegal content, and can't be held responsible in any way for the things their users post. How did this joke of a lawsuit survive a preliminary motion to dismiss?
They know the same accounts will push back against the upcoming planned 'emergencies' so they wanna take them out now. If they nuke them during election season it will look worse.
Wow, this is extremely fucking retarded, and I am once against astonished that so many judges and politicians are just going about their lives, completely unmurdered. Amazin'.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, must identify all groups, pages and individual accounts that posted COVID-19 vaccine content that violated Facebook’s COVID-19 misinformation policy, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled last week.
But...but why? Grounds? Grounds? It's their rules, they're not obliged to identify anyone to the government, they can enforce their rules however they see fit. It's not against the law, ho, fuck you!
The subpoena was intended “to determine whether the company has kept its word about reducing vaccine misinformation on its platform.”
This is just repetition but, again, fucking grounds? And there's still no criminality, except from the courts and governments. Fucking hell, they're so bad they're making me defend Facebook. Fuck these slimes.
Meta argued the subpoena violated its First Amendment rights by “prob[ing] and penaliz[ing]” its ability to perform editorial control over content posted on its platforms, while also violating its users’ First Amendment rights on the basis that it would dissuade them from participating in future discussions on controversial topics.
Again, don't make me defend Facebook.
...“Fourth Amendment-like privacy protections by statute to communications held by third party service providers.”
I'm glad they brought up privacy, because that's yet another way they're violating the First Amendment. The government grabbing information of people who engaged in legal speech is indeed a massive, to use their phrase, "chilling effect" on free speech. Clearly!
The D.C. appeals court ...rejected these arguments...It characterized the D.C. attorney general’s request as “reasonably relevant” and “narrowly tailored to the government’s asserted interest.”
Treason.
According to the ruling, Meta did not demonstrate that the subpoena will chill the constitutional rights of the company or its users — because “the users who made these posts have already openly associated themselves with their espoused views by publicly posting them to Facebook.”
Did this article even once mention that just about the entirety of the "government stance on COVID" was outright lies?
The government has never been wrong in the present. They just "didn't know all the facts"
The Ministry of Truth’s historical documents clearly show that the government has always been right.
You would be causing Mass Panic if you ever made such an unsubstantial claim that the government has ever Really made a mistake, not like those radical druggies in the 70's that accidentally tested psychological warfare by accident on random people, that was a mistake and we've fixed the mistake.
You wouldn't want to be convicted of causing Mass Panic like the Insurrectionists, would you?
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How amusingly hypocritical.
EDIT: Oh man the statement from Meta is absurd.
Agreed, but doesn't the Communications Decency Act render the government's lawsuit moot anyway?
Regardless of any promise Facebook may have given to "crack down on vaccine misinformation" (which is a statement so broad and vague that it can't possibly be construed to be a promise or contract that would be subject to consumer protection laws), they are given pretty much complete immunity from liability for the content on their site.
That's bright letter law, that I don't necessarily agree with, but it's been tested in court numerous times. They have no obligation to censor even illegal content, and can't be held responsible in any way for the things their users post. How did this joke of a lawsuit survive a preliminary motion to dismiss?
They know the same accounts will push back against the upcoming planned 'emergencies' so they wanna take them out now. If they nuke them during election season it will look worse.
Wow, this is extremely fucking retarded, and I am once against astonished that so many judges and politicians are just going about their lives, completely unmurdered. Amazin'.
But...but why? Grounds? Grounds? It's their rules, they're not obliged to identify anyone to the government, they can enforce their rules however they see fit. It's not against the law, ho, fuck you!
This is just repetition but, again, fucking grounds? And there's still no criminality, except from the courts and governments. Fucking hell, they're so bad they're making me defend Facebook. Fuck these slimes.
Again, don't make me defend Facebook.
I'm glad they brought up privacy, because that's yet another way they're violating the First Amendment. The government grabbing information of people who engaged in legal speech is indeed a massive, to use their phrase, "chilling effect" on free speech. Clearly!
Treason.
You know what the penalty for treason is?
The letter of the law, or the practical application?
Ah, good distinction.
"Execution" versus "probably nothing, perhaps a slightly stern talking to" is a pretty big gap.
I'd be on board with "firing squad" and I can't say I'd be in favor of "stern talking-to squad".
ohhhhhh nooooooo the holy misinformation policy
Read in the voice of Count Dankula.
Did he actually say that? Because even if he didn't, reading it in his voice still feels really appropriate.