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This Supreme Court term features cases that may redefine online interaction and government influence on platforms. It is crucial to distinguish between free speech and harassment as hate speech undermines others’ rights. Check out this FIRE article: thefire.org/news/8-first-a…


Freedom of speech is not absolute. The Supreme Court has recognized that the First Amendment permits restrictions on the content of speech that falls within a few limited categories, including defamation, incitement, fighting words, and criminal conduct: bit.ly/3VbPAQI

GuardTheFirst's tweet image. Freedom of speech is not absolute. The Supreme Court has recognized that the First Amendment permits restrictions on the content of speech that falls within a few limited categories, including defamation, incitement, fighting words, and criminal conduct: bit.ly/3VbPAQI

An awesome interview, if you have time: bit.ly/3VbM0Fd. What Hopkins doesn’t touch on is that in practice hate speech provocateurs do not care much about laws, cases or Supreme Court decisions. They are often motivated by hate and alluring profits of social networks.

GuardTheFirst's tweet image. An awesome interview, if you have time: bit.ly/3VbM0Fd.
What Hopkins doesn’t touch on is that in practice hate speech provocateurs do not care much about laws, cases or Supreme Court decisions. They are often motivated by hate and alluring profits of social networks.

The quality is not very high, but it illustrates how social media is used by criminals to harass. Here is Scottie, a homeless dunce attacking people for the likes. Scottie repeatedly gets arrested by the police but fails to grasp: your rights end, when the rights of others begin.


TikTok/ByteDance suit against the US states the law bypasses the First Amendment (AP: bit.ly/4asCliP ). TikTok plays oblivious to how much the platform is used to harass. It’s folly to allow criminals to use the First Amendment to destroy its very spirit.

GuardTheFirst's tweet image. TikTok/ByteDance suit against the US states the law bypasses the First Amendment (AP: bit.ly/4asCliP ). TikTok plays oblivious to how much the platform is used to harass. It’s folly to allow criminals to use the First Amendment to destroy its very spirit.

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