In 1563, conventions around free speech were so well established that the right to it was claimed under “according to the old antient order.”

We, in tech, don’t have to pretend these are novel issues. We have 5 centuries worth of precedent & court cases setting out guidelines. And before you tell me “first amendment only applies to the government,” I’d like you to look up tautology in Black’s Law Dictionary. I’ll lend you mine.

Tradition of free speech in our culture predates the US by many centuries. This isn’t about laws. It is about us as humans.

We are likely witnessing the broadest domestic freezing of personal and corporate bank accounts in history. Almost certainly at least an order of magnitude larger than what happened after 9/11. Context: After 9/11, the United States froze the accounts of 153 individuals.