▲ | dayjah 13 hours ago | |||||||||||||
First Amendment rights do not extend to corporations under foreign (adversarial) government control. Simple as. This amendment to the constitution was rewritten a few times, each time more clearly stating that it applies to “the people”. From: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1-7-1/ALD... | ||||||||||||||
▲ | taylodl 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
The People chose to use TikTok as their free press. The US government has banned a tool The People were using for speech. The government utilized a specious argument of "security" in denying The People to their free press comprised of TikTok. The government provided zero evidence of national security being compromised. If anything, the US government has called into question how they are using data from US-based social media companies such that we may now expect reprisals from all around the world - maybe that's what they wanted? | ||||||||||||||
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▲ | onionisafruit 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
To me it seems like it could be a first amendment violation against Americans who want to speak via tiktok. This is a very weakly held opinion, and I don’t know if the opinion addresses this. |