technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe Surgeon General's Fear-Mongering, Unconstitutional Effort to Label Social Mediawww.eff.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down167
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minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-211 months agoClearly you’re not a lawyer. Just someone with bad opinion. “Whether code is covered by free speech is actually pretty settled. The answer is yes" … "the idea that certain industries or groups may want to regulate who can use particular pieces of code does not negate the idea that code generally ought to be considered a mode of expression subject to protection under the First Amendment”
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOh boy, this could be problematic.
Clearly you’re not a lawyer. Just someone with bad opinion.
“Whether code is covered by free speech is actually pretty settled. The answer is yes" … "the idea that certain industries or groups may want to regulate who can use particular pieces of code does not negate the idea that code generally ought to be considered a mode of expression subject to protection under the First Amendment”
Oh boy, this could be problematic.