It seems unfathomable that we’re even here. The First Amendment is one of our clearer constitutional provisions. “Make no law,” it says, “abridging the freedom of speech.” And yet, with the “Protec…
I’m pretty close to a free speech absolutist. I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed so completely with TechDirt. This is not a TikTok ban. It’s a ByteDance ban. Corporations aren’t people. The government is fully within it’s rights to force a foreign state owned corp to sell or shutdown operations in the US.
Like you said this is another Corp vs Gov power play, and the public has largely been duped into supporting the Corpos again.
I’m pretty close to a free speech absolutist. I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed so completely with TechDirt. This is not a TikTok ban. It’s a ByteDance ban. Corporations aren’t people. The government is fully within it’s rights to force a foreign state owned corp to sell or shutdown operations in the US.
Like you said this is another Corp vs Gov power play, and the public has largely been duped into supporting the Corpos again.