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Free Speech Scholars to Alex Jones: You're Not Protected
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 12:19:55 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Free Speech Scholars to Alex Jones: You're Not Protected Date: August 9, 2018 11:55:59 JST To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Free Speech Scholars to Alex Jones: You're Not Protected https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/business/media/alex-jones-free-speech-not-protected.html?partner=rss&emc=rss While they acknowledged that the protection of speech is "a priority of the first order," the First Amendment scholars, from institutions like Rutgers University and the University of Chicago Law School, noted that since the Middle Ages defamation law has created "social boundaries about what speech is and is not acceptable." It has also, they wrote, long sought to balance the freedom of expression with the safeguarding of people's reputations. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
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