New York hit with lawsuit over new law targeting ‘hateful’ speech online
A new law takes effect on Saturday in New York that supposedly targets hateful speech online. But it may not last long, because the state just got hit with a First Amendment lawsuit that could bring about the demise of its new regulation.
The law in question is called “Social media networks; hateful conduct prohibited.” It targets internet platforms and mandates that they publish a policy outlining how they handle “hateful” content. It defines “hateful conduct” as online speech that serves to “vilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class of persons” on the basis of protected characteristics.
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Well, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing New York on behalf of independent content platforms Rumble and Locals as well as legal blogger Eugene Volokh.
The law’s text says it shouldn’t be construed to infringe on anyone’s free speech rights, but FIRE says its policy mandates are themselves a violation of the First Amendment.
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Unfortunately, this law seems like it’s just one piece of a broader pattern wherein New York’s state government hopes to wage war on “hateful” speech—even though it’s constitutionally protected. Don’t forget that the governor, Kathy Hochul, falsely claimed that “hate speech” isn’t protected by the First Amendment. Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Letitia James has proposed a variety of regulations seeking to clamp down on ideas the government has deemed harmful.
So, no matter how this case turns out, it’s clear that the legal battle between those who believe in free speech and those who want to suppress it is just beginning.
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I believe it was Orwell who postulated that controlling the language was important in controlling the populace.
As the slogan says: “Make 1984 fiction again.”
Yeah, I’m really pissed off.
Newark Airport 2022 Newark Liberty International has the dubious distinction of being rated the worst “mega-airport” in North America, according to a survey of air travelers. The New Jersey hub earned the lowest marks from more than 26,500 people who ranked the best and worst airports for a survey conducted by data and analytics firm J.D. Power, which asked American and Canadian… Read more »
If y’all don’t realize what Elon Musk is doing here, you are missing the huge picture. This is profound and this man has real guts.
Elon Musk is going to reveal the ugly truth about Newark after he finishes frying Biden and the Twitter execs bbq.
If you haven’t flown into and out of Newark Airport EWR as many times as I have you have no way to judge this exemplary S**thole of an airport. They can’t get planes in and out of gates. EWR can’t organize a baggage carousel. The place is filthy and the employees are foul and arrogant. My daughter’s plane was 25… Read more »
Twitchy formats the Elon Musk release where it’s a little easier to follow.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/12/02/elon-musk-explains-what-really-happened-with-the-hunter-biden-story-suppression-wow/
I flew from Houston to Mumbai via Newark and I didn’t have any issues at all. My bags were checked all the way through in both directions. Passport control must have gone well too because I really can’t remember any particulars about that experience. I did receive an email from TSA recently to remind me to renew my TSA PreCheck.… Read more »
Thanks for that update. I do that frequently – make a list so I won’t forget anything and then forget the list. Bedtime coming up out here. You all have a good evening.
Mharper
At least you weren’t searching all over the house for something that was in your hand….like I did recently.
🙂
#33 EG What was that about the grocery store report? If you mean me, it wasn’t a grocery store I went to, it was Walmart. I had a list with 5 things on it, things I might need for my doc appointment next Tuesday. The list was in my purse on the washing machine near the back door, and I… Read more »
But hey, he’s a billionaire. So, what do I know?
50 GJT
Best I can tell, Musk decided at the last minute that he wasn’t ready for some Big Reveal.
The boy needs to smoke a joint and and chill out. Feeding the media monster every day is not a great strategy in my opinion.
#48 – No debate – I merely ‘smelled a rat’ no more / no less (certainly NOT You Brother)
Other than kick Psycho Kanye off the platform, what else did Musk do today? Musk had the Twitter-world on hold today waiting for a big splash release of info on Hunter Biden’s laptop and hinted at proof there was collusion with Twitter and the Dems. Someone would have to translate it to me but I didn’t see any bombshell in… Read more »
Good Evening Hamsters, Caught up with yesterday’s comments late last night and just caught up with today’s comments. Yesterday was a long day with doing a late morning sonogram before seeing the cardiovascular surgeon in the early afternoon. He is pleased with the results showing that his surgery was accurate in correcting the blockages in the smaller carotid artery about… Read more »
I was having fun following up on the Hackman M1 Carbine.
I wasn’t looking to get into a debate with the world’s top expert on firearms.
#46 – I’d wager those youtubers you referred to are either good friends of the Fultons OR employees…..
I’ve never heard of Fulton Armory, either.
And that matters because?
My #43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3iVVCttwPw
Other than kick Psycho Kanye off the platform, what else did Musk do today?
#s31, 32, 37 – My local pal / absolute weapons EXPERT has never even heard of ‘Fulton Armory’
(I called Him to ask as I’d never heard of them either)
I’ll give ya 5 guesses who built His WWII .30 M1 carbine………
The Springfield Armory site has a neat M1 history page.
The Houston TSA folks couldn’t have been more friendly and helpful.
The snarly ones at Newark met the stereotype.
Well I’m not Twitter educated enough to figure out what the Musk release was saying. Read through the whole thing and I just am not polti/journo speak savvy enough to understand the nuance.
I was at one of the last gates at Newark Airport. It was a long, painful walk. For check-ins, United’s Houston IAH set-up is superior. The check-in kiosks are separate from the baggage check. At Newark the check-in computers and the baggage check are combined – much less efficient and slower, because those not checking bags are in the same… Read more »
The whole conversation started yesterday….with Gene Hackman using an old-style M1 in a movie.
Ruger doesn’t make a WWII/Korean War-style .30cal M1 knockoff.
Elon Musk to release information found on Twitter regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop story any minute.
Newark airport is an absolute crap hole. No it’s not. It’s MUCH worse. Never fly into Newark from exotic foreign lands. After the long-a$$ flight, you go through a long-a$$ line at passport control, then you claim your bag(s), then… You get thrown out into the ticket counter area, where you get to re-check your bag(s), and… Read more »
Newark airport is an absolute crap hole.
Almost up to 80 degrees now that the sun has popped out. It was cloudy and misty all morning and hanging around 50 degrees or so. South winds have picked up a little though. Found a few big ant beds outside to treat, replaced a battery in one of my UPS devices and took the old battery to auto parts… Read more »
#31 – I call CACA de TORO!
No surprise that a rifle darn near TWICE as much $$$ as Springfield or Ruger
would need shill(s) whether admittedly or not.
And mass today was a stripped down novus ordo. Since it is done during the working folks’ lunch hour, Father skips parts that I used to think were mandatory: penitential rite, creed, homily. Of course, no singing, so antiphons (Scripture verse) were recited instead. I was able to receive, so I am content.
A couple of YouTubers indicated that most of the M1 carbines being produced today are crap.
With one exception: the ones made by Fulton Armory.
YIKES!
Got myself reconciled with God. I drew the Indian (dot) priest, who resides in our rectory and has a prison ministry. He speaks very low volume, and I had to practically put my left ear on the screen to hear him. Usually, penance involves a set of prayers, but this time my penance involves doing something more physical. I am… Read more »
Could someone check the spit bucket for me? I wrote an elaborate story about my trip to the store, but after I posted, it never showed up. It looks like my login timed out during the save…
That never happened to me before, so it might have been lost in the wild woods.
Back 40 years ago, Bonnie Bramlett had some serious pipes.
Listen here.
Fake News. Fake Public Health Mandates. It’s all a fraud. But a new peer-reviewed, randomized controlled trial (RCT) of N95s versus surgical masks, considered the midrange of protection, is undermining the late federal pivot to higher-quality masks and calls to reimpose mask mandates in schools, among other settings. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) this week and led by researchers… Read more »
I thought electric cars were going to save humanity. The Swiss government announced its plan to deal with expected energy shortfalls this winter, and it sounds like a lot of fun — provided you’re a shut-in who likes reading by candlelight under multiple blankets. The alpine country — one of the wealthiest in the world — will severely restrict electric… Read more »
Robespierre, guillotines and 90 years to write a constitution.
It’s the French way. The original seeds of communist thought were sown in France. Marx and Engels fertilized that ugly plant in Europe.
#24 – I had not heard such – IMHO still HIGHLY applicable in our present day …….
I’ve read that Jefferson might have had second thoughts on that statement after witnessing the horrors of the French Revolution shortly after the US Constitution was ratified. The US Revolution was downright civilized; the French Revolution was barbaric.
Ace discovered a great term I hadn’t heard of and I’m using it – included in my reply over on the ‘Morning Rant’: “What Can We Do To Counter the Power of Billionaire Philanthropaths?” ole Tom Jefferson’s quote rings more TRUE (IMHO) every minute, hour, and Day: “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the… Read more »
12 unck
The Goliad sheriff states what I was saying yesterday.
how many a illegal crossers a month before Abbott and Co take action?
Once title 42 is gone it could be 500k to maybe a million a month.
I’m Baack! And I know y’all missed me. 😀 It has warmed up nicely, 69 as we speak and heading to the mid 70’s YES! And you’ll be happy to know that Bambi and friends are scampering happily around in the woods but I had a fine time and discovered a previously unknown trail. I’ve got to go and have… Read more »
Shannon From your link in #12. The Biden organized crime syndicate is sponsoring human sex trafficking on grand scale. It takes you 8-13 years to purchase your freedom once you’re … brought into the country. With the current border policies, Boyd says, “we are bringing people in knowing they’re going to be slaves in our own country.” Boyd recounted a… Read more »
I listen to Bongino most days, but there is some fill in female host today. So it’s over to 740 for me today.
#16; – You know, with a computer or smart phone, you can probably go to your grocery store site, sign up for an account (which you probably already have one of those loyalty cards), check off all the stuff you need from their site, and pick it up at curbside. Of course, I tried to get BFF to do that… Read more »
Tedtam – I guess I mis-remembered… I only remembered comments about arm pain – or maybe I mis-remembered… because I wondered how inversion would help an arm. But sounds like a knowledgeable doc – and it’s sometimes a relief just to have a plan. 20 years ago, or so, I had carpal tunnel release & ulnar nerve transposition on both… Read more »
I made a shopping list last night and hoping I can at least hobble up and down the aisles while I am there. Or maybe I’ll be walking fine by the time I’m ready to head out. That’s the most bizarre aspect about whatever this is: I roll out of bed as a cripple, but make it to the kitchen… Read more »