Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Free Speech and Social Media

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Monday on whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment in combating what it said
was misinformation on social media platforms.

It is the latest in an extraordinary series of cases this term
requiring the justices to assess the meaning of free speech in the
internet era.

The case arose from a barrage of communications from administration
officials urging platforms to take down posts on topics like the
coronavirus vaccines and claims of election fraud. Last year, a
federal appeals court severely limited such interactions.

Alex Abdo, a lawyer with the Knight First Amendment Institute at
Columbia University, said the Supreme Court's review of that decision
must be sensitive to two competing values, both vital to democracy.

"This is an immensely important case that will determine the power of
the government to pressure the social media platforms into suppressing
speech," he said. "Our hope is that the Supreme Court will clarify the constitutional line between coercion and persuasion. The government
has no authority to threaten platforms into censoring protected
speech, but it must have the ability to participate in public
discourse so that it can effectively govern and inform the public of
its views."

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/18/us/supreme-court-social-media#supreme-court-white-house-misinformation

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:06:54 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
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Social Media

while social media is moderated and unmoderated usenet newsgroups
are unmoderated, both are heavily saturated by psyops troll farms

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:34:17 +0100 (CET), D <J@M> wrote:

while social media is moderated

Social media can censor whatever they want to, but moderation depends.

usenet newsgroups are unmoderated, both are heavily saturated by psyops troll farms

On this usenet group, trolls will eat Crow, sooner or later.....in the
time I've been here.

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:42:03 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:34:17 +0100 (CET), D <J@M> wrote:
heavily saturated by psyops troll farms

On this usenet group

fear merchants . . . every military/industry/congress (kudos ike) are
entirely populated by them, old timers called this the "mark of cain";
politics and religion are the worst of all: "do as i say, not as i do"

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024, JAB wrote:

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Free Speech and Social Media

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Monday on whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment in combating what it said
was misinformation on social media platforms.

It is the latest in an extraordinary series of cases this term
requiring the justices to assess the meaning of free speech in the
internet era.

The case arose from a barrage of communications from administration
officials urging platforms to take down posts on topics like the
coronavirus vaccines and claims of election fraud. Last year, a
federal appeals court severely limited such interactions.

Alex Abdo, a lawyer with the Knight First Amendment Institute at
Columbia University, said the Supreme Court's review of that decision
must be sensitive to two competing values, both vital to democracy.

"This is an immensely important case that will determine the power of
the government to pressure the social media platforms into suppressing speech," he said. "Our hope is that the Supreme Court will clarify the constitutional line between coercion and persuasion. The government
has no authority to threaten platforms into censoring protected
speech, but it must have the ability to participate in public
discourse so that it can effectively govern and inform the public of
its views."

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/18/us/supreme-court-social-media#supreme-court-white-house-misinformation

This is very interesting! I like free speech and these are private
platforms. That being said however, I do recognize how damaging fake news
can be and that it is a powerful tool for dictators to try and influence elections.

The trick is to fight that without cracking down on free speech.

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024, JAB wrote:

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:34:17 +0100 (CET), D <J@M> wrote:

while social media is moderated

Social media can censor whatever they want to, but moderation depends.

usenet newsgroups are unmoderated, both are heavily saturated by psyops troll farms

On this usenet group, trolls will eat Crow, sooner or later.....in the
time I've been here.

What is the problem with Trolls? If I don't like them I block them. Also,
I found a usenet law of trolls and that is that the more cross posts, the
less the value of the message, so I've put in place a filter that deletes
all messages with more than 3 cross posts. This as done wonders for me
when it comes to eliminate christian fundamentalists and communists.

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:17:14 -0400, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

Organ Donation is one of the truly rewarding aspects of the medical
field, and is positively acclaimed by many for the full community input
into this scientific marvel.

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/b397f819833315.562e10550ea9d.jpg

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/edc8a319833315.562e10557092f.jpg

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On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:39:23 -0400, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

I have no doubt a few dollars are being skimmed off
the top in the upper echelons of these organization,

Obviously the wrong post

I haven't followed this topic in years, but there is more to this
story than those profiting...I recall at one point, and maybe now,
those with the wealth were getting first picks, so to speak.

When money/goods can be stolen, those motivated in all classes will attempt/accomplish this goal.

Even US mail carriers have been caught stealing birthday money being
sent to children.

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