On Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:42:51 PM PDT, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
Microsoft Threatens to Shut Down GAB Unless They
Censor Anti-Jew Posts
Adrian Sol
Daily Stormer
August 10, 2018
https://dailystormer.name/microsoft-threatens-to-shut-down-gab-unless-they-censor-anti-jew-posts/ …
> 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
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