🧵⬇️ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has begun his unconstitutional assault on a free press, challenging long-standing SCOTUS law upholding press freedoms in 1964 New Times v Sullivan, but the same law (HB991) discriminates against LGBTQ rights. It’s designed to silence dissent.
NY Times v Sullivan shaped press freedoms an held politician accountable even with unfavorable coverage they don’t agree with, not fines. it’s considered a basic pillar of the First Amendment. The case in a nutshell. ⬇️
New York Times v Sullivan, 1964 - one of the most important First Amendment SCOTUS cases ever.
Our fringe-right court may take this right away. "Justice Clarence Thomas has written three times that he wants the Supreme Court to revisit Sullivan."
This is also the law DeSantis is trying to rewrite, which will effect free speech on social media and by bloggers - or anyone - even if they don't live in Florida. It's not *just* the press. It affects LGBTQ, gay rights, abortion speech. (See /3)
Democrats need to understand the 26 words that created the internet as we know it - Section 230 before the Supreme Court next week. There’s a reason GQP Sen. Josh Hawley wants it gutted.
There’s a reason (D) Sen. @RonWyden wrote it. Let’s break it down. It protects YOU.
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“We're talking about rewriting the legal rules that govern the fundamental architecture of the internet," - @EFF
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Conservatives are using the case as a vehicle to rail against "Big Tech" firms & amplify claims ..platforms censor content based on political ideology.” - CBS
Oct 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
A right-wing #SCOTUS has now agreed to hear a case that could literally change the 26 words that created the internet.
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The internet will be a much different place if the Supreme Court strikes down Section 230. ➡️ (podcast)
- slate.com/podcasts/what-… ⬅️ @jkosseff via @Slate#1A
Section 230 effects social media, blogs, image sharing, forums and comment sections — any service that enables users to submit content. Literally every online platform that allows users to post information, share content, and comment relies on Section 230.
"... 1969, in Brandenberg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court struck down the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan member, and established a new standard: Speech can be suppressed only if it is intended, and likely to produce, "imminent lawless action." - @ACLU
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"Otherwise, even speech that advocates violence is protected. The Brandenberg standard prevails today."
" ... DOJ says that it executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago to protect critical nuclear weapons and signals intelligence documents, but Donald Trump's new defense is that the entire world is already free to view the documents."
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Tell us where DOJ said nuclear weapons?
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Bombshell report. This is a little exercise in helping you all spot shoddy journalism - even if if turns out to be unsealed and true. Trying to help you spot it.
This is r.e. my earlier thread today, which I'll link later.
At Manchin’s urging, though, it would require the government to offer oil & gas leases on federal land and in the Gulf of Mexico, albeit at a higher royalty rate. It also provides tax incentives for projects that capture carbon dioxide and new forms of energy like hydrogen.”
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