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<blockquote data-quote="Vambram" data-source="post: 77506831" data-attributes="member: 170941"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/29/are-you-in-an-anti-free-speech-state-we-now-have-the-definitive-list/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>For years, we have discussed the alarming shift in the Democratic party on free speech with <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/11/07/running-on-censorship-a-california-candidate-seeks-to-ride-the-anti-free-speech-wave/" target="_blank">candidates running on pledges to censor</a> opposing views and politicians <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/09/06/fighting-monsters-how-many-democrats-are-adopting-rationales-once-used-against-the-left-to-silence-orjail-critics/" target="_blank">supporting blacklisting and censorship</a> on social media. Many citizens oppose such efforts to restrict their rights under the First Amendment, but are unaware of the work of their representatives to limit free speech. Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens.</p><p></p><p>The 5th Circuit previously ruled in <em>Missouri v. Biden </em>that administration officials “likely violated” the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction banning the government from communicating with social media companies to limit speech.</p><p></p><p>Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts. California has long sought to impose speech limits on <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/10/07/california-repeals-disinformation-law-targeting-doctors-with-opposing-views-of-covid/" target="_blank">doctors</a>, <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/27/new-callifornia-law-requires-stores-to-carry-gender-neutral-toys/" target="_blank">businesses</a>, and <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2017/03/30/california-politician-seeks-to-radically-curtail-free-speech-to-combat-fake-news/" target="_blank">citizens</a> to silence opposing viewpoints.</p><p></p><p>However, 23 Democrat-led states joined this ignoble effort in signing on to the <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Missouri%20v.%20Biden--New%20York%20et%20al.%20Amicus%20Br.%20%28STAMPED%29.pdf" target="_blank">brief</a> of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The brief lauds past efforts of these states to combat “harmful content” on the Internet and to protect the public from “misleading information” through partnerships with social media companies.</p><p></p><p>So here is the list to see if you are residing in an anti-free speech state:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vambram, post: 77506831, member: 170941"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/29/are-you-in-an-anti-free-speech-state-we-now-have-the-definitive-list/[/URL] For years, we have discussed the alarming shift in the Democratic party on free speech with [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2023/11/07/running-on-censorship-a-california-candidate-seeks-to-ride-the-anti-free-speech-wave/']candidates running on pledges to censor[/URL] opposing views and politicians [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2023/09/06/fighting-monsters-how-many-democrats-are-adopting-rationales-once-used-against-the-left-to-silence-orjail-critics/']supporting blacklisting and censorship[/URL] on social media. Many citizens oppose such efforts to restrict their rights under the First Amendment, but are unaware of the work of their representatives to limit free speech. Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. The 5th Circuit previously ruled in [I]Missouri v. Biden [/I]that administration officials “likely violated” the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction banning the government from communicating with social media companies to limit speech. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts. California has long sought to impose speech limits on [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2023/10/07/california-repeals-disinformation-law-targeting-doctors-with-opposing-views-of-covid/']doctors[/URL], [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/27/new-callifornia-law-requires-stores-to-carry-gender-neutral-toys/']businesses[/URL], and [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2017/03/30/california-politician-seeks-to-radically-curtail-free-speech-to-combat-fake-news/']citizens[/URL] to silence opposing viewpoints. However, 23 Democrat-led states joined this ignoble effort in signing on to the [URL='https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Missouri%20v.%20Biden--New%20York%20et%20al.%20Amicus%20Br.%20%28STAMPED%29.pdf']brief[/URL] of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The brief lauds past efforts of these states to combat “harmful content” on the Internet and to protect the public from “misleading information” through partnerships with social media companies. So here is the list to see if you are residing in an anti-free speech state: [/QUOTE]
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