On Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:42:51 PM PDT, Zenaan Harkness
Microsoft pointed to two posts from Gab user Patrick Little, one that calls for the “complete eradication of all Jews” and the other which calls for their death by torture: “After an initial review, we have concluded that this content incites violence, is not protected by the First Amendment, and violates Microsoft Azure’s acceptable use policy,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Motherboard. “Microsoft notified Gab.ai of this substantial concern and advised that it remove this content or respond to Microsoft within 48 hours, or potentially risk suspension of its service on Azure.”
That, of course, is bullshit. The First Amendment absolutely protects calls for violence, as long as no “specific and credible threat” is involved. Simply calling for the destruction of a race, even by torture, is protected speech. You are correct. The controlling case is Brandenburg v. Ohio, 1969. Although, since I no longer have access to a LEXIS computer system, I cannot Shepardize (modern equivalent: Text search) this case in the various appeals Circuits to see how they have further interpreted it.
Jim Bell …