I don’t get their arguement. The federal govt can’t tell them they aren’t allowed to print or report on something… and they aren’t. The govt is just warning the citizenry that the information being reported on is funded by foreign interest and contains biased or non-factual information.
They are specifically not interfering with freedom of the press by letting these media outlets publish whatever they want. That doesn’t means they don’t get to have an opinion and definitely doesn’t mean they don’t have a responsibility to help protect the nation’s citizenry.
People have the misunderstanding that the 1st amendment means you can say anything you want without consequence. The govt can’t stop you from saying something, but you are still accountable for the things you say in the marketplace. The govt is allowed to say you are full of shit and the marketplace can decide if they believe you or them.
Republicans: 😭 your anti-disinformation tools are censoring us. Just let us post disinformation 😭
I love to see it
I don’t love to see it when they could easily get their way.
I don’t love that part either, I just love to see them whine and reference every reason they shouldn’t be listened to in the first place
From the party that’s blurring insurrectionists faces in surveillance footage. Gold medals in mental gymnastics for everyone.
… yeah, your First Amendment rights to assembly and speech don’t necessarily apply 100% of the time. Selling us out to geopolitical rivals is one of those times.
You couldn’t, for instance, freely speech about classified things that other countries may find useful, in catching up to our military capabilities perhaps. This is an important limitation to remember when hanging out on discord.
“Have you tried NOT being lying sacks of shit?”
Seriously, if your primary complaint is that you have been found to be an unreliable source, the answer is NOT to argue you have a right to be an unreliable source.
This implies they don’t do this every day already
